Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops

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."

First post!

[Anonymous Coward]

But Samsung logged it :(

Re:Not once, but twice

[Anonymous Coward]

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

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[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Without obtaining consent?

[Anonymous Coward]

batoning down the hatches

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

Re:WTF?

[icebraining]

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