Earlier quoted context omitted.
It still is a keylogger in a consumer product.
So is Notepad.
Notepad doesn't fit the definition of a keylogger.
This does.
HP laptops found to have hidden keylogger
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Re: HP laptops found to have hidden keylogger
#62So... This has ballooned from debug code with no evidence of ever being maliciously used to "loss of confidentiality" and now instead of being a keylogger it's a "hidden keylogger." Dramatic tone change for no actual new news. Sure this is getting the person's blog attention, but now I'm certain I don't agree with the alarmist title of the original post.
We already lost control over HW and SW. There are often malicious functionalities in binary software and our 'hardware' can't be trusted either (Intel ME, AMD PSP, firmwares, bioses). Some time ago, firmware in a notebook used to install drivers into windows during boot without user knowing that. We are dependent on technology and we don't seem to care about security much, other than buying some magical binary blobs called Antivirus and Cleaners.
Re: HP laptops found to have hidden keylogger
#63So... This has ballooned from debug code with no evidence of ever being maliciously used to "loss of confidentiality" and now instead of being a keylogger it's a "hidden keylogger." Dramatic tone change for no actual new news. Sure this is getting the person's blog attention, but now I'm certain I don't agree with the alarmist title of the original post.
And the assertion that "an attacker with access to the computer could have enabled it to record what a user was typing" is somewhat silly. If the attacker has access to the computer, why not install some other key logger that would send info to the attacker's site?
and get their ssh keys while you're at it.
Re: HP laptops found to have hidden keylogger
#64Well, Synaptics Touchpad Drivers always sucked. "Windows Precision Touchpad" is pretty good but not quite on Apples level.