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Originally Posted by Glenn
David;
You can think what you wish but I have removed them and from machines other that Dell.
Glenn
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Thanks again Glenn;
It is simply in my career, drafting remedy I really need what I think to be in agreement with reality.
Like I indicated before, this rumor was quickly debunked on another website a year or so back and I recall upon inspection this is the same report from the same
electrical engineer.
I went to two small computer repair shops and Bob and
Computer Renaissance abruptly informed me, "That is completely and utterly untrue." - adding, "Dell would get sued! And Dell is having enough of other problems. They would never risk doing that."
Bob had several notebooks open in his shop and assured me he had never seen anything like what I described from the report. However he admitted that (software) keyloggers can be accidentally downloaded.
Dave at
APCO Computers had simply never heard of such a thing, attributing it to
Internet Paranoia. He has never seen any such device in all the notebooks he has been into and is convinced all keyloggers are software, not firmware or hardware.
However in order to keep the surveillance discreet from internal records such a device may have been added to this electrical engineer's notebook. It would have been installed not from Dell during manufacture but specifically targeting the reporter or maybe a previous owner of the notebook. Something like that? I wish he or she had inspected the varnish carefully to determine if it was add-on after manufacture. Usually there is some indicator in solder flux or solder joint characteristics that can be seen with an experienced eye.
If I get into my computer anytime soon I will show you photos. And Bob's comments agree with what I said above; If you find one of these things and it is clearly a manufacturer's engineering invasion of privacy by Dell or any other computer manufacturer you may well have a winner suit $$$$ on your hands.
Regards,
David Merrill.