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The section on keystroke logging does not mention that keystrokes can be inferred with a high degree of accuracy by analyzing the audio of typing using 18-year-old technology. Combined with the fact of almost universal audio monitoring (for "personalized ads") this is a relevant security concern.

https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/09/14_key.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.214.51.237 (talk) 13:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains several references to "Complete Computer Hardware Only". this source is heavily based on content from Wikipedia (see pages 440-443) making it a circular reference. Technove (talk) 11:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for identifying this error. Deleted and changed to "citation needed". --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There ought to be a section on reduced boards, such as those with only 34-42 keys, which rely on firmware "layers" to access characters other than letters. Where would it fit? —Tamfang (talk) 01:42, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Key mechanical response to "thumbing" it, with the electrical connectivity response for the computer maybe additional topics. --195.24.52.66 (talk) 10:36, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In a modern computer, the interpretation of key presses is generally left to the software: the information sent to the computer, the scan code, tells it only which physical key (or keys) was pressed or released.

This is no longer true. Scan codes disappeared with the advent of USB keyboards, which are now universal. A USB keyboard sends a HID code, which represents a character, or a function such as Volume Up, irrespective of the physical location of the key. References do often call HID codes “USB scan codes” but they are quite different. Scan codes are unique to a particular piece of hardware. HID codes are defined by the USB standard. BoarGules (talk) 09:09, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. When you find the supporting citation, please add that info to the article and indicate tie date range of the preceding technology. TYVM. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:48, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]