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BackTrack Logs Everything Typed Into Your Mac.

BackTrackLet’s face it, sometimes we type something into our Macs and then lose what we type. Sentences. Paragraphs. Whole documents. Poof. They disappear.

Wouldn’t it be great if your Mac remembered everything you typed, all the time, and would store it for you? Somehow that seems like both a blessing and a curse.

BackTrack does just that. It’s one of those handy little Mac utilities which does pretty much what we’d all like to have on our Macs. It records what we type,.... (excerpted).

2 Reader Comments

Losers said:

This sounds like a key logger to me.. know how week security is on macs this file could be access in a matter of minutes if you know where to look..

Jared B. said:

I don’t know! Yes somebody came up with a good software idea but It just seems a bit creepy to me. LIke having a warden hanging over your shoulder at all times with his little scratch pad writing everything you write.

Think I’ll pass on this one.

I am learning to be skeptical with third party software, not that I don’t have any installed on my Mac. I think for me it is more of a matter of trusting Back Tracks software makers. I would like to see what Little Snitch reports, if Back Track phones home with out your knowing it.

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