Comments for Are there hidden files that save every keystroke I've ever typed, and how do I find them?

Comment from Bob on 2009-06-21

2009-06-21T07:33:37Z

i dont know much of this but is it possible for some people who know allot about computers to get into files on my computer and read my emails and see all my history etc after i have just simply deleted it by going into tools internet options. if so how do i get into those files

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Comment from Roger Berryment on 2009-03-12

2009-03-12T14:56:08Z

The real question here is, can your hourly, daily etc. activity be recorded with in a network either corporate or other and reviewed at a later date. I belive the answer to be yes, an employer can if they wanted to go back in time after the end of a day or week etc. and in fast forward watch your activity right down to websites visited in real time, letters written, emails answered, web shopping sites etc. and see the sequences timed as they happened to see how many hours you were logged on you were actually working on company business.I know there is software available for that use. The other question would be can you purchase and install software that allows this not to happen.

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Comment from Aries on 2008-11-17

2008-11-17T09:43:50Z

Could you tell me how many keystrokes WOULD be stored on a computer before they overwrite each other?

Nope. There are simply too many variables at play - the drivers, the software you're using - it all impacts the answer. Could be 10. Could be 10,000. Could be something else entirely.

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17-Nov-2008

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Comment from salih abdulbaki on 2008-10-17

2008-10-17T14:41:59Z

it seems that i cannot retrieve my hidden files. where else should i peek?

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Comment from Fred Nerd on 2007-06-02

2007-06-03T00:23:15Z

If used properly (which I have never bothered trying), those index.dat files can be made to show a lot of deleted browser history and deleted emails. And they are not too hard to pull of someone's pc and onto a flash drive.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-06-02

2007-06-02T15:46:51Z

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I'm guessing that we'll end up disagreeing.

Those index.dat files are just that: cache and history files that you can
delete and/or clear out using IE's options, or as you say, many readily
available third parties. There's nothing sinister, and they're not "super
hidden" in my opinion.

As for the whitehouse: again, in my opinion, they haven't shown the
organizational or technological abilities to set up or maintain and kind of a
data gathering conspiracy. I just don't believe it.

Leo
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Comment from Terry Hollett on 2007-06-02

2007-06-02T11:29:51Z

What about those 'index.dat' files found all over the place that keep track of everything you do online that Microsoft claims are just cache files yet they are 'Super Hidden' and almost impossible to delete without a third party utility.

Of course since '9/11' the idea of backdoors in Windows that go directly to the 'White House' is not so ludicrous. :-) - so says the extra paranoids out there.

www.geocities.com/terryhollett2003/

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