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On 9/9/05, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'd say it depends on the keylogging technology. If it's a physical > logger that would be true; the keyboard would plug in to the logger & it > in to the PC so it could intercept everything typed. > > For a software-only logger, it depends. If it's monitoring keystrokes > then the same applies. However, if it's monitoring the APIs used to > send text to apps (data entry fields, for instance) then it could still > grab virtually everything. And if it's a broweser add-in, it would > easily capture everything entered in text fields in your browser. > Regardless of it being a cut-n-paste or direct entry. Is this true even for "secure" httpS:// pages? If so, I'm gonna go back to sending smoke signals. Well, no, not really; I guess I need a firewall that will monitor outgoing traffic. If it really is as simple as that. - Dan
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