Published May 30, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Bryan Wolfe has spent 15+ years writing about the tech people actually use — and occasionally the tech they probably shouldn't. With bylines at Yahoo, MakeUseOf, TechRadar, and Digital Trends, he brings an MBA-sharpened perspective to consumer tech, AI tools, and digital productivity. He's based in State College, PA, where he also runs GoingSolo.Life, a solo travel brand for the independently minded. I often wonder what my phone knows about me. Contacts, location, and browsing history are all obvious. But only after checking my Gboard settings did I realize my keyboard had been sending data to Google the entire time I've used my Pixel. Not my actual words, exactly. But close enough to make me uncomfortable. Cloud typing features process keystrokes online to improve keyboard predictions. The catch is that your layout habits and custom vocabulary leave your device. Once I realized how much data was being sent to Google's servers, I turned it off.…