Sneaky Microsoft Keyboard Helps Spy On Your Loved Ones September 11, 2007
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Ever get that feeling that your loved ones are up to something behind your back? Maybe you friendly lodger is really a spy or granddad isn’t really surfing gardening Web sites. Who really cares because now you can spy on them just to be nosy. One lucky shopper can soon find out just what their friends and loved ones are really like with this one-off Microsoft Natural keyboard with an in-built keylogger with 2MB of memory.
Built by the folk at Spy Warehouse, it logs the keys they press - up to 2 million of them – allowing you steal their secret jam recipes, love letters, usernames and passwords etc. They say:
Since the keylogger is built into the keyboard hardware, it is undetectable by any Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware software! All you need to do to start logging, is to plug this new keyboard into a computer with a PS/2 (standard keyboard) port.
To retrieve the logs, you need to open up some text editing software such as Microsoft Word, Notepad, Wordpad, etc and type in the keylogger password. The keylogger password can be changed to whatever you like, but you need to make it obscure so that your normal computer users do not type it by accident. When you type in the keylogger password, the keylogger prints a menu on the screen, allowing you to download the logs and set the keylogger up. It’s very simple to use, and full instructions are provided.
Of course, none of this is recommended by Gizmodo since it’s probably highly illegal and will possibly send you to jail without passing Go or getting your £200. Also, depending on who you give it too, all your friends will desert you, your name will be cursed, you’ll probably get sacked and your family will disown you.
Buuuuuttt……if none of that deters you and you have £215 [yes, that is a lot], then you could soon own just about the most underhanded and devious Christmas present ever.
"Hey Dad, look what I got you..."-Martin Lynch
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For a true stealth installation, this is fantastic but the price would leave a bit of a sting in the pocket - not to mention leave a suspicious transaction on the credit card statement:
Spywarehouse - £215
I'd rather go for a £30 USB or PS/2 keylogger (available from the worlds favourite auction site..) and at least then it can be fitted without arousing any suspicion.
Anyone who has to spy on their loved ones has issues.
Anyone who has to spy on their loved ones has issues.
Yes, I knew a man who spied on his wife. Bought bugging equipment and listened to her phone calls. Then he heard her saying to a friend that life would be much easier if he were dead. Frankly I think he got what he deserved.
LOL.
Buy one of these and swap it with any at your University or Lecture hall and steal passwords.
Let me suggest you a supplier for wireless key catchers built into keyboards. The devices look same as the keyboard above and capture keystrokes the same way. The difference is that they don't store keystrokes. There is a transmitter built into keyboard, it transmits keystrokes wirelesly to a receiver connected to a computer. The user can watch what is typed on the remote keyboard in realtime! The link Key catchers . Keyboard spying in realtime makes a difference!