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Begin forwarded message: *From: *Reclusive *Date: *August 14, 2009 9:48:44 AM MDT * * *Subject: **Re: keyloggers on laptops* Gotta share this one, thanks http://hardtruth.navhost.com/keylogger.html > > Keystroke Loggers > Installed In New Laptop Computers > > > > *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* <http://www.atmel.com/>* > **AT45D041A*<http://74.125.95.132/custom?q=cache:muXQUx7d9UMJ:www.atmel.com/atmel/acrobat/doc1496.pdf+AT45D041A&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=google-csbe> > * four megabit Flash memory chip. > > > * > * > * > ** > > *On the other side, one **Microchip Technology*<http://www.microchip.com/> > * > **PIC16F876*<http://www.microchip.com/10/Lit/PICmicro/16F87X/30292/index1.htm> > * Programmable Interrupt Controller, along with a little **Fairchild > Semiconductor* <http://www.fairchildsemi.com/>* > **CD4066BCM*<http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/CD/CD4066BC.html> > * 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*<http://www.keyghost.com/> > * 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. > > * > > > * > * > * > * > > > * > > * > -- If truth offends ya don't go here: http://www.notgovernmentapproved.com O-ne-B-ig-A-ss-M-istake-A-merica! Here's someone you might need, take a look: http://www.hirepasha.com/hirepasha.com/Resume.html ------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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