It was working. Some guy found a keylogger in his Dell laptop. This is one report, and I don't know the validity of the guy who wrote it, especially since it looks to be someone's personal site. They do exist, but I don't know how widespread this stuff is or if this guy has something against Dell. If it is widespread, dude, I am NOT getting a Dell.
This: There are four pics of small circuit boards where the larger gaps are but theyre fairly irrelevant so I haven't uploaded those. The really important one is the letter from the Department of Homeland Security which I have (hopefully) attached.
Well, whenever I come across a conspiracy theory I am instantly skeptical. The first thing I noticed was the description of the circuit board. While the chips mentioned are probably fully real, the detail of description makes it sound to me like an attempt to confuse. Then I looked at the attached letter. This is the clencher, look at the letterhead. Pay close attention to the symbol. First of all the symbol has no visible writing on it. I also didn't think it looked like a government symbol. To verify this I simply went to the Department of Homeland Security website. Look in the upper right hand corner of the page. Do you see a resemblance to the symbol on the letter? I don't... Furthermore, to finalize it completely, look at the "letter" again. Under "Department of Homeland Security" on the letter head "United States Secret Service" is written. The Secret Service (I just realized the initials of the Secret Service is SS, that's a little scary...) is in NO WAY affiliated with Freedom of Information online. The Secret Service, or as I will refer to them from now on, the SS has 2 and only 2 jobs. The obvious one being protecting high level political figures, i.e. the President, and the lesser known one being combatting counterfeit money. A letter concerning computer information freedom would have come from Andy Purdy, the IAIP National Cyber Security Director, assuming it came from a high level politician (I call BS on that one). So here is my conclusion, it's as likely for this to be true as ice cream in Hell, as Jamie Hyneman says, this myth is busted. Any way you want to put it, in my mind at least, there is absolutely no way this is true. So rest easy, big brother may be watching but not by keyloggers in laptops.
Wow, nice post Max! Way to milk the thread for all it's worth dude, you definately took this one to town.