Watch what you type, or THEY will
posted by:Jeremy Hessing-Lewis // 10:22 AM // May 17, 2006 // Surveillance and social sorting | TechLife
Next time you type your password or send a lover an adjective-dense email, you may want to consider the intermediaries. If you're lucky enough to have a boss who doesn't care about your keystrokes, that doesn't mean even more surrepticious intermediaries don't have similar intentions. A new study suggests that spyware keystroke logging is on the rise. Just because you can't see your password, **********, doesn't mean nobody else can.
CNET: Study: Keystroke spying on the rise
CNET: Spying at work on the rise, survey says
