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Hi guys,

has anyone ever worked with keyloggers? I need a recommendation. I have found a couple of keylogger on Google, but I've never worked with those programs before. Has anyone ever used one of these keyloggers:

http://www.actualspy.com/

Thank you for your help.

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asked about keyloggers and shared a few product links; is right to flag the legal/ethical risk and ’s suspicion about link-posting is reasonable. Covert installation or monitoring of another person’s device creates significant legal exposure under U.S. electronic‑surveillance statutes and related cybercrime laws, and it is not an approach that can be responsibly recommended. (bja.ojp.gov)

If the objective is legitimate parental supervision, use purpose‑built parental‑control tools that give activity summaries, app controls, screen‑time limits and location features instead of raw keystroke dumps. Managed family tools let guardians enforce boundaries while reducing privacy and liability issues that come with a full keystroke capture approach. Consider platform vendors’ family tools rather than a covert logger. (families.google)

For workplace needs, the correct path is policy + consent + enterprise telemetry. Put monitoring in writing, get legal review, and collect signals that are defensible for security or productivity (audit logs, EDR telemetry, SIEM correlation) rather than secret keylogs. Tools like Sysinternals/Sysmon let teams collect detailed, forensically useful process and network events without capturing every keystroke, and scale into centralized logging for investigation. Laws and notice requirements vary by jurisdiction, so pair technical controls with clear policy and counsel. (learn.microsoft.com)

Practical checklist before evaluating any monitoring product: test it in an isolated lab, verify how antivirus vendors classify it, confirm encryption/retention practices, document who can access logs, and obtain written consent when required. Many AV/anti‑spyware vendors treat keyloggers as spyware and will block or remove them, so product behaviour on detection is an important signal. (malwarebytes.com)

If the goal is legitimate oversight (parenting, enterprise security, forensics with consent), describe that purpose and the environment — there are safer, lawful patterns to follow. If the intent is covert surveillance of others, do not proceed; seek legal advice first.

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Keyloggers may have legitimate purposes, but mostly they are used for illegal or unethical reasons so I suspect you will get no help here, especially since you have not said what you plan to do with them.

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most likely just posting to share the 3 links

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