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Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops

Posted by samzenpus on from the terrible-marketing-ideas dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "Mohammed Hassan writes in Network World that he found a keylogger program installed on his brand-new laptop — not once, but twice. After initial denials, Samsung has admitted they did this, saying it was to 'monitor the performance of the machine and to find out how it is being used.' As Hassan says, 'In other words, Samsung wanted to gather usage data without obtaining consent from laptop owners.' Three PR officers from Samsung have so far refused comment."

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  1. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But Samsung logged it :(

  2. Re:Not once, but twice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think he's trying to ask for more Peyote.

  3. Free Disaster Recovery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had a longer comment, but my machine crashed before I was able to submit. Just read it back at http://logger.samsung.com/mhassan/20110330log.txt

  4. Re:Without obtaining consent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    batoning down the hatches

    It's "battening down the hatches", though you might legitimately feel the urge to baton Samsung right now.

  5. Re:WTF? by icebraining · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

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