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Keystroke logging?
 

I accidentally typed a banned email address into the seller central sign in box for an active amazon account but immediately deleted it upon realizing and before typing a password or submitting. I just typed my good email over it and signed in. Paranoid as I should be I'm worried that they may use a keystroke logger even though I didn't submit anything and link the accounts. Any thoughts? :s

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

Keystroke should work locally on the same computer. They will need access to your computer.

Don't forget, there are basically two types of US keyboards out there, it will be a nightmare for them to use that.

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

I would think they use dynamic fields just like they do on the website. For example when you go to change a seller id and type something in it 'checks' the availability of it without even submitting and comes back with a response. Many websites use this I wouldn't put it past Amazon.

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When you start to type and it shows information....it's not the website doing it, it's the browser....

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

That's incorrect it may be a feature a browser offers but it's certainly built into websites and not controllable ie https://support.google.com/websearch...r/106230?hl=en

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

You will be fine if you have not logged in. Just check the log name has not be stored in the key chain so don't do the same mistake again.

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

While this is possible and I do see some websites with this feature, I have not seen or heard of eBay or Amazon linking an account because of this.

Heck this forum will auto populate suggestions for a user after they enter a new thread title. Go to create a new thread, enter the title of the thread and move your cursor to the thread description. At that time the forum uses ajax to search for similar thread titles and if there is one it will show you results so in hopes you won't create a duplicate thread. If that makes any sense. :)

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

It would be illegal for even the N$A to use such a tool w/o a warrant!

Unless, you are foreign..

Re: Keystroke logging?
 

As above. Even if this was legal the amount of resources needed to,record and cross refference every bit of information over millions of account would be ridiculous.