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comex on Jan 27, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did this Tor developer become a victim of NSA's la...

Devil's advocate: you don't necessarily need all the data - the keystrokes are plenty valuable information on their own.

Alternatively, such a keyboard could try to do something clever when a shell is focused, although it's risky.

wlesieutre on Jan 27, 2014 | [–]

Why when a shell is focused? Better to wait until the keyboard has been idle for some time, then send the keystrokes to open a shell, execute the needed commands, and close it afterward.

SamReidHughes on Jan 27, 2014 | | [–]

You don't need a shell to be focused to run commands.

aptwebapps on Jan 27, 2014 | [–]

Right. Snag root or sudo password. Download rootkit. Execute.

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