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Comment from Butch on 2008-12-27

2008-12-27T22:51:58Z

I assume the above holds true probably even more so for corporate or workplace computer workstations.

Yes.

- Leo
28-Dec-2008

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Comment from Denis Hearn on 2008-12-17

2008-12-17T16:56:03Z

Can it be helpful if you never enter a password on any site, Instead just keep a record of them in a word document and copy and paste the password so it will not register on a keylogger.

No. A) your word document might be stolen, B) keyloggers can easily capture the contents of the clipboard on a paste.

- Leo
18-Dec-2008

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Comment from Michael on 2008-12-17

2008-12-17T12:20:35Z

Good article. All the anti-whatever apps, firewalls, etc., just can't catch everything all the time. Get apps up-to-date especially AV, AS, firewalls, etc. I have installed on my computer the application KeyScrambler Pro. It supposedly scrambles all your keystrokes so that if there is a "keylogger" on your machine all the keylogger will get is a bunch of random garbage. Take care and computer safely!

I'm very skeptical of so called keyboard scramblers. I mean, the application you're typing into gets the keystrokes unscrambled, so why couldn't spyware?

- Leo
17-Dec-2008

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Comment from Chris on 2008-12-16

2008-12-16T20:33:06Z

I would recommend ALL who might be worried about their machine(s} and/or other machines ..... and much else also to read 'Little Brother' by Cory Doctorow - I bought it - I am no relation or friend of the author and I found it magic. It IS fiction but it is a brilliant comment on privacy and social reform as well as useful computer history to know.
Leo - if you decide not to get this posted - ok .. but a recommend for this book (and if you have not read it yet please do) might be useful to your readers?

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Comment from Howard B. Evans, Jr. on 2008-12-16

2008-12-16T16:35:43Z

Spot on article. You cannot trust anything over which you don't have total control. Even then you need to continuously verify control exists, continues to exist, and has not been compromised. These are difficult tasks for even secure computing environments; they are impossible for computers exposed to the public in any way. So be very, very careful out there. The technology exists to record everything. The limiting factor (so far) has been the inability to review and act on everything that has already been recorded. But we're getting there. Uh, someone (probably) is.

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