I see a lot of ads these days for fancy mechanical keyboards from numerous brands, but the thing I always wonder about is: how do we know these keyboards dont have keyloggers or other spying tech built into them?

  • DominusOfMegadeus
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    45 days ago

    Also I would imagine many computers could or would detect many instances of illicit Keyloggers trying to send out data without permission

    • Dave.
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      45 days ago

      Map usage times for a week.

      In the middle of a non usage time type the string of characters that are first typed at the start of usage time.

      Then open a browser using keyboard shortcuts (does Win+R open a browser in Windows if you type a URL in?) , type a URL, type in all learned username password combos, close browser using keyboard shortcuts.

      • @[email protected]
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        5 days ago

        Then open a browser using keyboard shortcuts (does Win+R open a browser in Windows if you type a URL in?) , type a URL, type in all learned username password combos, close browser using keyboard shortcuts.

        Yeah. That could work.

        I think it would get detected by many modern antivirus solutions, but it could work.

    • @[email protected]
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      25 days ago

      That’s a good point. This kind of scripted data exfiltration triggers alerts in modern antivirus.