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GhostWhoWalks -> Heads Up (4/20/2009 10:40:17 AM)
There now is a "discreet keystroke-catcher" that records keystrokes as typed text. It installs in seconds between the keyboard and motherboard. No software needs to be loaded. Captures EVERYTHING typed on your keyboard: e-mail, instant messaging, chat room activity, Web URLs (even if they are blocked). Memory remains intact even when unplugged or during power loss. The KEYKatcher records key strokes to memory and saves them as a text file that can be viewed with most processors. http://www.cyberguys.com/product-search/?keyword=keystroke+catcher Key loggers have been around for awhile. But this is the first time (to the best of my knowledge) that it has been so easy, fast, and CHEAP for a boss to record what is being typed on company computers.

kittinSol -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 10:51:50 AM)
Creepy.

LaTigresse -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 11:02:27 AM)
My boss just purely doesn't want to know........I scare him.

chamberqueen -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 11:57:57 AM)
I work with pneumatic vibrators and we had some unusual wear on the pistons. I knew if I looked online for unusual piston wear that I would get photos of engine pistons, so I looked up "vibrator wear". I got back all kinds of hits for wearable vibrators and had to go running to my boss to explain what I had been looking for - LOL. So...we need to be careful even when doing real work at work!

kittinSol -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 12:06:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: chamberqueen I work with pneumatic vibrators and we had some unusual wear on the pistons. Pump up the volume.

Termyn8or -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 12:19:25 PM)
FR Now that's a hoot. Just unplug the thing and plug the keyboard right into the PC, or use a USB keyboard. Whatever. Just hit the numlock about seven times to initialize it. Actually I have a better solution, if you work, that is sell your time to another, don't cheat them. Ever wonder about some of those times I am not here ? Sometimes I am at work, and CM has nothing to do with work, so I don't get on CM at work. If you do you are cheating the boss, don't. That's why I have a PC at home. BTW, such things have been around for at least twenty years, so this is not news. T

peppermint -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 12:33:05 PM)
Quite frankly, when I am at work I owe my employer my time and energies. Anything else would be stealing from my employer. It would be the same as having someone punch the clock for me while I sit at home having a second cup of coffee. This recording device sounds like an excellent way to keep people focused on their jobs.

LaTigresse -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 1:28:00 PM)
I am doing my boss a favour...... www.digitaljournal.com/article/270390 -

marie2 -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:08:53 PM)
While bugging someone's computer might seem clever and exciting, it's against the law. A lot of people think it would be neat to check up on a girlfriend or husband or whathaveyou, but if you're found out, you can be sued in civil court for the offense.

kidwithknife -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:17:38 PM)
Does everybody here have a technologically literate boss then? Most of the ones I've had have enough trouble with email. The tech department could do it. But they'd spend six months rewriting the program and it would end up too complicated for anyone else to understand the data.

OrionTheWolf -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:34:17 PM)
Not if it is a work computer, and the employees are informed that their computer use is monitored. Also, if it is my computer, and someone else uses it. I may not be able to use the information in a court of law, but as long as I do not use it to get into someone else's account that used my computer, not much illegal about it. My last corp job, before I started in my own business, they used key stroke and image recorders. Basically they could do a play back of what you typed or were viewing on the screen. quote: ORIGINAL: marie2 While bugging someone's computer might seem clever and exciting, it's against the law. A lot of people think it would be neat to check up on a girlfriend or husband or whathaveyou, but if you're found out, you can be sued in civil court for the offense.

kittinSol -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:37:16 PM)
Good little robots don't use the company's computers to bitch about the CEO in emails to colleagues, OR ELSE... How far will this go?

LaTigresse -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:43:26 PM)
I would assume, in corporate America, it will go as far as technology, and the law, allows. I love working for a small company. The pros far outweigh the cons for me.

DomImus -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 2:58:41 PM)
I think it's actually a neat little device. I'm one of the probably very small percentage of folks who actually work while they are at work. I have no time or inclination to use company computers for private use. Anyone who gets canned from evidence gathered by one of these items? Tough shit and good riddance. Make room for someone who is actually productive and might help take the load off of me.

awmslave -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 3:07:33 PM)
The program could be easy to discover from memory registry, neutralize when needed, and create an illusion of hard worker when needed.

kittinSol -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 3:26:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomImus Make room for someone who is actually productive and might help take the load off of me. Just as I predicted. Good little robots [sm=marionette.gif].

marie2 -> RE: Heads Up (4/20/2009 3:28:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: OrionTheWolf Not if it is a work computer, and the employees are informed that their computer use is monitored. Also, if it is my computer, and someone else uses it. I may not be able to use the information in a court of law, but as long as I do not use it to get into someone else's account that used my computer, not much illegal about it. My last corp job, before I started in my own business, they used key stroke and image recorders. Basically they could do a play back of what you typed or were viewing on the screen. Yes, I believe you are correct. If it's an employer's computer, then I would think they can bug it without a problem, because it's their own computer. And I know that the OP mentioned in the workplace specifically, but I did want to add on a personal level (as opposed to workplace stuff).....bugging someone else's computer....ie....friend, girfriend, even a spouse's account, can get you into a boatload of trouble. Without going into the details, someone did this to me several years ago, and I was told in no uncertain terms by my attorney that I had grounds for a civil law suit. I never did pursue it, but I thought it would be good info to add on the topic.

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