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  3. September 2005

Keylogger question...

I have gone on the assumption that keyloggers, by their very name, cannot 
pick up characters that are Copied, Pasted, and Cut (Ctrls -C, -V, -X).

So, if I use the keyboard to type "1234567890", and then copy/paste various 
characters to form, say for example, my social security number, a keylogger 
would only ever see "1234567890", correct? Or maybe also the ascii 
representations of the Ctrl-key punches themselves. 

(I know there are (or were) exploits that exposed the contents of the 
clipboard, but I usually clear that before I send something over a website.)

- Dan

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