"Theo" <theo@keyghost.com> wrote in message
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> > Hairy One Kenobi wrote:
> > > Erm.. more than license, I suspect - it was shown on camera, and
basically
> >> looked like any other dated Diskey (i.e. on the large side)
>
> Anything shown on camera would have been a flash drive or some kind of
> adaptor (USB to PS/2?).
>
> Here is a link to a recent BBC news report which includes a picture of
> a hand plugging a printer cable into a Parallel port with the caption
> 'Hardware keyloggers plug straight into a computer'.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4358287.stm

Stock photo shot (and, as you point out, inaccurate).

The *television* report showed a Diskey-type device.

If there was bamboozling going on (not exactly an outside chance in the
Computer industry ;o), then it was from the consultancy firm to the BBC. The
talking-head was very specific about a device that used USB at the PC end -
"under the desk, where someone would be unlikely to notice". (Can't promise
that the wording is 100% accurate, but the meaning is clear)

If you're thinking prior art, then don't worry too much - the US Patent
office is notoriously inefficient when it comes to searches. (Although, that
said, I can only think of an assortment of Industry news reports at
"OneClick" that support that sweeping assertation, rather than a specific
set of examples. Best treat that as "Grade C hearsay")

H1K