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Familiar with the hardware keylogger concept? A hardware keylogger is an ideal solution for monitoring a computer users activity. A hardware keylogger is a pure electronic device, requiring no additional software or drivers, and no access to the operating system. A hardware keylogger leaves no traces behind, and is completely undetectable to software and security scanners.

What are the applications of the KeyDemon hardware keylogger? Parents use hardware keyloggers mainly for monitoring their children, protecting them from on-line hazards and predators, observing WWW, E-mail, and chat usage. Employers may use the KeyDemon hardware keylogger for monitoring employee productivity, checking acceptable internet usage, and collecting corporate equipment usage statistics. Private investigators apply hardware keyloggers in the process of collecting computer-related evidence. Finally the KeyDemon hardware keylogger may be used by anybody to check if their spouse is cheating on them, or simply to make a backup of typed text.

One of the questions that should be answered at this point, is if using a hardware keylogger is legal. Technically speaking, you should contact a lawyer to get detailed information about the local laws, and the application for which you intend to use a hardware keylogger. Generally it’s permitted to monitor your own computer, meaning you can watch what your kids and family are doing on the computer. If you want to monitor your employees, or perform any other type of surveillance, you should display a clear notice about this fact. It is obviously NOT LEGAL to use this device for any type spying, or stealing confidential data.

KeyDemon offers a broad range of hardware keylogger devices. The entry level KeyDemon USB and KeyDemon PS/2 have 4MB or 2GB of built-in memory, meaning years-worth of typing. Installing a KeyDemon hardware keylogger takes a few seconds, and requires no additional software or drivers. Simply plug the keylogger in-line between the keyboard and USB or PS/2 port. Keystroke logging will start automatically. To view recorded data, use a 3-key combination supplied with every device. This will switch the hardware keylogger into a removable flash disk, containing a text file with all the logged keystroke data.

In some applications, its important to collect information not only about what was typed, but also when it was typed. For this purpose, the KeyDemon TimeKeeper USB and TimeKeeper PS/2 were created. These keylogger devices inherit all the functionality of the standard series, and additionally contain a built-in timestamping module and battery. The timestamping module will keep track of the current time and date, and place special time- and date-stamps in the log file. The TimeKeeper keylogger series contains 2 Gigabytes of built-in memory.

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