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Not exactly just against cheap gadgets - remember the Connexant keylogger from earlier this year? It seems to be a common thing for driver developers to log keypresses for development purposes yet fail to disable that functionality in release... easiest fix? Don't install closed source drivers for 3rd party hardware.

https://www.modzero.ch/advisories/MZ-17-01-Conexant-Keylogge...

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That's the easiest fix unless it's hardware you need, or it's your work computer, or or or or...

If it's your work computer then all bets are off. It's your employer's privacy at stake, not yours. Moreover you shouldn't ever consider your activity on your work computer "private" since your employer can and probably does monitor your usage.

That’s all true. I’m just saying it’s not always practical to avoid closed source code.

Keyboards, sound cards will work great without any special drivers typically.

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