Something to keep in mind when you buy a shiny laptop or netbook Government And Computer Manufacturers Are Caught Installing Hard-Wired Keystroke Loggers Into All New Laptop Computers. Device captures everything you type and sends it via your ethernet card to the Dept. of Homeland Security without your knowledge, consent or a search warrant - every time you log on to the internet! I was opening up my almost brand new laptop, to replace a broken PCMCIA slot riser on the motherboard. As soon as I got the keyboard off, I noticed a small cable running from the keyboard connection underneath a piece of metal protecting the motherboard. I figured "No Big Deal", and continued with the disassembly. But when I got the metal panels off, I saw a small white heatshrink-wrapped package. Being ever curious, I sliced the heatshrink package open. I found a little circuit board inside. Being an EE by trade, this peaked my curiosity considerably. On one side of the board, one Atmel AT45D041A four megabit Flash memory chip. On the other side, one Microchip Technology PIC16F876 Programmable Interrupt Controller, along with a little Fairchild Semiconductor CD4066BCM quad bilateral switch. Looking further, I saw that the other end of the cable was connected to the integrated ethernet board. What could this mean? I called the manufacturer's tech support about it. They said, and I quote, "The intregrated service tag identifier is there for assisting customers in the event of lost or misplaced personal information." He then hung up. A little more research, and I found that that board spliced in between the keyboard and the ethernet chip is little more than a Keyghost hardware keylogger. The reasons why a computer manufacturer would put this into their laptops can only be left up to your imagination. It would be very impractical to hand-analyze the logs and very CPU-intensive to do so on a computer for every person that purchased a laptop. Why are the keyloggers there? I recently almost found out. I called the police, as having a keylogger unknown to me in my laptop is a serious offense. They told me to call the Department of Homeland Security. At this point, I am in disbelief. Why would the DHS have a keylogger in my laptop? It was surreal. So I called them. They told me to submit a "Freedom of Information Act" request. This is what i got back: Under the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), the only items exempt from public disclosure are "items relating to *law enforcement tools* and techniques" and "items relating to national security." The real life implications of this are plain: computer manufacturers appear to be cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security to make every person who buys a new laptop computer subject to immediate, unrestricted government recording of everything they do on those computers. EVERYTHING! This information can be sent to DHS, online, without your knowledge or consent, without a search warrant, or even probable cause! That's why this device is hard-wired directly into the ethernet card, which communicates over the internet! I am not certain how long this information will be permitted to remain online for the world to see before the government takes some type of action to attempt to have it removed from public view.
did you write article n00b, if not source pls (maybe i missed it cause i skimmed or you didn't post).
^ googling thread title = Keystroke Loggers Installed In New Laptop Computers - Google Search xD but apparently disinformation http://therearenosunglasses.wordpre...ke-loggers-installed-in-new-laptop-computers/
This is Bull shit haha is this just in US? or in UK? haha or maybe just got the unlucky computer haha lol i bet this is set up for the pedos haha child porn,,,,:biggthumpup:
hahaha, ppl actually believed those...i work with laptops everyday at work with 90% disassembling and never seend them in both older and newer laptops -noclue
I'm sure that if this was real, any self respecting news organization would immediately go out, buy several LTs and independently verify that this was going on. At the least, they would have their technoids review the story just to get a whiff of its level of possibility. Really? By Whom? Anybody of real (ie besides self) importance? And I love this part: Oooo, the sheer suspense... LOL... I don't think Robert Ludlum has anything to worry about. And here's the clincher: I don't think the government cares, but PA admin may should just call this the spam that it is and get rid of it. Gosh Master_G, I'm really surprised; I had thought much better of you.
lol i post what i find, its up to you guys to find if its real or not, just like the tabloids, well i thought it was real, now i know the dude who came up with it is a liar im gona tell off the guy who sent me the link lol. anyway. ............. .............
