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September 11, 2007 5:00 AM PDT

Keyboard comes with built-in spy

by Mike Yamamoto
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Spying on other people's PCs can be such a hassle. For one thing, you've got to find a way to surreptitiously install key-logging software or other surveillance hardware. But the clever blokes at U.K.-based Spy Warehouse have come up with a practical alternative: Why not give the subject a new keyboard already equipped for espioniage?

(Credit: The Spy Warehouse)

Its "Covert Keylogger Keyboard" is a Microsoft board outfitted with a 2MB storage device that SCI FI Tech says can track up to 2 million keystrokes. There are just two problems: Only one of them has been made--for 215 pounds, or about $435--and it's not available in the United States.

We somehow suspect that some enterprising individuals will come up with other versions, however. Either way, it joins the ever-growing list of dubious gifts that includes spying lamps, alarm clocks and, our personal favorite, car tires.

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So now you can't trust that keyboard you got...
by make_or_break September 11, 2007 6:24 AM PDT
...as a gift. Paranoia must reign supreme.
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Wireless key catcher transmitter built in keyboard
by Spy Transmitter December 13, 2007 3:07 PM PST
Let me suggest you a supplier for wireless key catchers built into keyboards. The device looks 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 http://www.spydevelopment.com/ Keyboard spying in realtime makes a big difference!
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