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keyboard safety (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 months ago by sqw@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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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?

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months 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.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

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

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