# Apparently Dell computer can put in a key loggeer on you computer with government approval. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059 "2013-04-30T01:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/1 "2013-04-30T01:15:42Z")
[http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm](http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm) Apparently Dell computer can put in a key loggeer on you computer with government approval. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/2 "2013-04-30T01:22:01Z")
This seems legit. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/3 "2013-04-30T01:32:36Z")
Edited the thread title. **samclem** ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/4 "2013-04-30T01:38:27Z")
snopes, circa 2005: > **[Dell Keyboard Loggers](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/keyboard-loggers/)** > > Is Dell selling computers with keyboard loggers installed? ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/5 "2013-04-30T01:39:45Z")
ummm, so what’s the question? If you wanna know about the legality of it, a simple we search yields tons of pages about the topic. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/6 "2013-04-30T01:43:01Z")
It’s an eight year old [hoax](http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/16/the-dell-keylogger-conspiracy-hoax/). All the images and technical details are plagiarized from [this article](http://www.dansdata.com/keyghost.htm) (about a for-reals key logger that you can buy). ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/7 "2013-04-30T02:36:03Z")
Thanks, guys. Brain freeze. Never thought to do a SNOPES. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/8 "2013-04-30T03:28:04Z")
Since I don’t see a question here, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/9 "2013-04-30T04:59:37Z")
> [@bot3](#): > > [http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm](http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm) > > Apparently Dell computer can put in a key loggeer on you computer with government approval. WTF is that top level domain, .ua? I thought maybe United Arab Emirates, but I looked it upon the IANA database of root domains, and that says it belongs to “Communication Systems Ltd”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dell-computer-can-put-in-a-key-loggeer-on-you-computer-with-government-approval/657059/10 "2013-04-30T08:17:30Z")
Ukraine.