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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

You dun' been key logged.

A link to the official story can be found at the bottom of the post.


I didn't originally plan on posting today, but there was some news I thought I should share. There has been a whole lot of news going around about key loggers on Samsung laptops. The story sprung from a security researcher who discovered key logging software installed on two brand-new Samsung laptops. Obviously you can see why this would be problematic. There have been other reports of key logging software on new models from multiple other sources. The most famous being Mohamed Hassan. At first, Samsung denied having put key logging software on the computers and refereed customers to Microsoft who quotes: "All Samsung did was manufacture the hardware". After reviewing the story from multiple sources I can honestly say I'm disappointed in Samsung and Microsoft. I think to monitor customers without their consent is an infringement on rights and should not go unnoticed. What do you think?


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6 comments:

  1. I once installed a keylogger on a spouse that I thought was cheating... guess what I was right

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  2. Yeah read about that samsung incident, scary stuff seriously. What are they trying to pull on us? I will follow for more of this :)

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  3. This is just another reason why to get a Mac.. I hate Mac OS though, put some win7 on it and I'd use it any day. Mac hardware > all. Mac software < all.

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  4. I don't know about switching to Macs, but I do know one thing; Stay away from Samsung!

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  5. scary stuff, glad i got my rig tightened up

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  6. bullshit. they just want to tarnish another asian brand. same with the false car issues with toyota.

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