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So here is something I found by typing 'internet keyboard spy hardware' into google: http://www.spyemporium.com/key-stroke-logger-keygrabber-spy-... - it's a tiny little usb gizmo that intercepts keyboard input and barfs it to wifi via its own radio. This one dumps a huge log when its controller asks for it; it's not hard to imagine there might be similar devices that might do a constant broadcast of keystrokes, and insert keystrokes as well.

If we accept the thesis that he is being watched by Someone, then it's definitely not a stretch to imagine that something like this has been installed in his computer(s). I mean, he left his laptop in a hotel safe that didn't lock all day long, while he felt like he was being stalked. And left it there all the next day while hanging out with someone he suspected was a spy. What got put on it, in terms of hardware or software?

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