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saagarjha

> Keyloggers embedded in the default operating system (web search in windows start; Ubuntu web search; Siri web search.

How exactly are these keyloggers?

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They send each keypress in a search to a remote service who is able to log it.

I mean, how else do you expect web searches to work?

I would expect them to send search the query if and when I search for something and send exactly nothing when I don't

Aren't you literally searching for something in this case?

Yes, searching for a local file or program 100% of the time because I would never intentionally search for anything else from there.

That's specifically for Windows Start. If Ubuntu or Siri "web searches" are clearly distinguished from OS searches, then of course I'd expect them to send data somewhere.

Wait, how do you know that does search per keypress? I've just tried in Windows, and it doesn't seem to do anything until I press enter when the loupe is selected.

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