If this is real, I think the big brother has went too far.

[Danzig]

http://www.roflcaeks.biz/lol.html

It looks real but who knows.

 

[sleuth]

Interesting...

 

[newtosomd]

So is this person assuming that Dell inserted the keylogger into their computer, based on some profiling information or what? I got lost on exactly what he was trying to say their reasons could have been.

 

[newtosomd]

See the linky!

http://www.amecisco.com/normal_keyboard.htm

 

[Danzig]

My findings after great research


FAKE.

 

[sleuth]

My findings after great research


FAKE.

Source?

 

[newtosomd]

My findings after great research


FAKE.

sure makes me feel a little better!

 

[Danzig]

I looked around http://www.roflcaeks.biz/ and found http://www.roflcaeks.biz/homelandletter2.gif
it goes with the letter he says was for his request for info but the letter is for something else as you can see it the above document.

 

[vraiblonde]

The Dell tech obviously didn't know what he was talking about or the guy didn't explain it properly. The service tag identifier doesn't even remotely resemble a keylogger - it's part of your software system, not a separate chip.

And it would surprise me if a local police department would know anything about keyloggers and send this guy to Homeland Security. Typically when you report a computer crime of any type, they refer you to the FBI, who then ignores you.

So this is either a hoax or there's more to the story.

 

[Tonio]

Thank goodness for Snopes...

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp

Although furtive eavesdropping on computer activity is certainly possible, the specific tale presented above is nothing more than an example of "government conspiracy" type hoaxlore. It originally appeared on www.chromance.de (from which it has since been removed, although it remains mirrored elsewhere), a site which carried several other obvious hoaxes. The graphics for the article were lifted from another site's page about commercial keyboard loggers, and the purported letter from the Department of Homeland Security appears to be an altered version of someone else's example of correspondence from the DHS.