I'm fairly sure this is a hoax. I have seen this referenced several times over the past few weeks and I have seen no evidence to indicate and truth to the matter.
Apart from the obvious legal implications outside of the US how long do you think Dell, HP or any other manufacturer would have customers for if this were true? See: http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Feustel Sent: Monday, 20 June 2005 3:06 PM To: Greg Thomas Cc: OpenBSD-Misc Subject: Re: OT: Hardware keyloggers embedded in new keyboards? On Sunday 19 June 2005 07:24 pm, Greg Thomas wrote: > On 6/19/05, Dave Feustel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.amecisco.com/faq_hardwarekeylogger.htm#Q1 > > > > > > Why just new ones? Do you think this device is new or something? > > Greg The device is obviously not new. What *is* new is that it is being installed as oem equipment inside of keyboards for HP and Dell systems and also inside of 'used keyboards which can be unobtrusively switched in for older keyboards. Then the companies doing the switching can secretly monitor all the keystrokes of the user, picking up everything the user types. There is no way to detect the keylogger short of opening up the keyboard. Shortly I predict the keylogging functiion will be incorporated into the keyboard cpu so that even opening up the keyboard will not permit the presence of the logger to be detected. What's new is that this functionality now comes builtin to new systems, possibly at the behest of Homeland Security, which would in that case know the password needed to retrieve the logged keystrokes. So far I see no defense against this spying technique of password capture. Dave
