Fact · Voice privacy and security
Citizen Lab says third-party keyboards on iOS cannot transmit network data without the Full Access permission.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Without this permission, third-party keyboards cannot transmit network data”
Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, 2024, iOS sandbox discussion.
Open the original- What it measures
- Citizen Lab describes the Full Access permission as the iOS permission that must be explicitly granted before a keyboard has network access.
- What it does not show
- This describes a sandbox setting. It does not say that every keyboard with Full Access sends data, only that it can.