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by amiga 1873 days ago
Today, I learned the awesome bar is a keylogger to some individuals.
2 comments

1. Collects all keypresses 2. Sends them over the network

Yes, actually, it is. Besides, the tracker explicitly points this out as a possibility.

What's an awesome bar?
I think it's the Firefox web address field when it was retooled to show search suggestions as you type.