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Gadget of the Day: KeyShark USB

The KeyShark USB plugs into your computer at one end, and your keyboard at the other. Then it just sits there, surreptitiously recording every single

According to its makers, possible applications include monitoring children’s internet activity, monitoring staff activity and finding out useful information. Like other people’s passwords, perhaps?

The little guy will sit there happily and tuck away over a year’s worth of data on its 4MB internal memory, and doesn’t need any external power. It’ll work with any USB keyboard and there’s also a PS/2 version available.

While we can’t think of many innocent reasons for using a KeyShark, at least you know it’s out there. So it’s probably best to keep an eye on your keyboard cable from now on, just in case you’re being sharked…

Essentials

USB KeyShark

Price: £49.99

On sale: Now

Contact: Thumbs Up UK

 

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home