Keystroke logging, commonly called keylogging or keyboard capturing, is the covert recording of the keys pressed on a keyboard so that the person typing is unaware their input is being monitored, carried out through either software or a hardware device. The logging programs themselves are legal and are often built for employers to oversee computer use, to monitor children, or to support law enforcement investigations, but keyloggers are most commonly used by criminals to steal passwords and other confidential information, which is what makes unauthorized keylogging a punishable offense. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
Has Offense Grade
Entity-backed identity for the offense-grade enum value this offense already carries, resolved to a crime concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The offense-grade fact itself stays on the offense unchanged.
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1. Keystroke logging (Wikipedia)
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