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Re: [LUG] OT: Android Hacker's Keyboard
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: Android Hacker's Keyboard
- From: Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 14:12:48 +0000
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On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 03:04:12PM +0100, Tom wrote:
> The potential trouble is that it becomes THE keyboard interface to
> all apps - so anything you type into anything can in theory be
> intercepted. It does seem OK tho
Ah yes, it could have a keylogger built into it. But the only permission
it requires is to save things into a directory. It doesn't have the
ability to transfer things over the Internet.
So you're either safe, or it's been built by the NSA to use an unpatched
vulnerability to transfer your keystrokes to Fort Meade, MD.
Martijn.
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