Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "R.Wieser" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Android keyboard: your choice. Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:11:36 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <20240617114559.a2970ac2923facc44a2ec355@gmail.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:14:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="44d67479c0dd8c38e260922a17ecdac3"; logging-data="1958599"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AmKa/wIVXrVOz2y2XlILO/17gGGPNqKkRCleTJsjjcg==" Cancel-Lock: sha1:1HQOIYKWMiCcaPiSO7wYvkfro/4= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 Bytes: 1631 Arno, > Since Helium keyboard does not use Firebase and also does not > have internet access, this is not an issue. How do you know it doesn't use Firebase ? (how did you figure that out ?) But do I understand you correctly that if an app uses Firebase it doesn't need the INTERNET permission (and/or alike) to be able "go online" ? Regards, Rudy Wieser