Hackers can record everything you type on certain wireless keyboards Some low-end wireless keyboards send keystrokes to your computer completely unencrypted, say researchers Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 A computer security research team has identified a weakness in several brands of low-cost wireless keyboards that could allow hackers to view and record every word, number and password typed by a user from up to about 75 metres away. According to Bastille, an Atlanta-based research team, eight wireless keyboards made by companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Radio Shack and Toshiba send keystroke data from the board to the USB dongle that connects to your computer without the encryption needed to mask what someone is typing.
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