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Manufacturer installed keylogger Thialfi 10-09-2005
Posted by Thialfi on October 9, 2005, 5:57 am
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I don't personally have the expertise to determine whether this
article is credible.

I'd be interested in you comments:

PS: I should have been more clear.
I'm aware of the Snopes link, and that THIS site is a hoax.

But is it POSSIBLE for manufacturers to build and install such a
thing?

I'm hoping that net traffic spotted by astute users would
quickly result in such a keylogger being identified and
publicized.


http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/gov_caught_installing_keystr
oke_loggers.htm

GOVERNMENT AND COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS CAUGHT INSTALLING HARD-
WIRED KEYSTROKE LOGGERS INTO ALL NEW LAPTOP COMPUTERS!




Posted by \[Anon\] Anon User on October 9, 2005, 1:33 am
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>I don't personally have the expertise to determine whether this
>article is credible.
>
>I'd be interested in you comments:
>
>PS: I should have been more clear.
>I'm aware of the Snopes link, and that THIS site is a hoax.
>
>But is it POSSIBLE for manufacturers to build and install such a
>thing?

Possible? hell yes. the parts listed in the article are real, and
can easily be used to create such a device.

>I'm hoping that net traffic spotted by astute users would
>quickly result in such a keylogger being identified and
>publicized.

It could, but if such a thing is a serious threat, the only SURE way
to be safe is to open your pc and examine the circuits yourself.


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Posted by Volker Birk on October 9, 2005, 8:34 am
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> But is it POSSIBLE for manufacturers to build and install such a
> thing?

Yes.

> GOVERNMENT AND COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS CAUGHT INSTALLING HARD-
> WIRED KEYSTROKE LOGGERS INTO ALL NEW LAPTOP COMPUTERS!

But it's very unlikely for the Government to do this without a law or
an ordinance which describes that.

This is true even for the Bush government.

I hope.

Yours,
VB.
--
If class libraries are compared to animals, MFC is the slime-warts toad.


Posted by KPO on October 9, 2005, 4:37 pm
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>I don't personally have the expertise to determine whether this
> article is credible.
>
>

Why post it then? It's a fake site and gets posted on here every few weeks.




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