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by amiga 1873 days ago
Today, I learned the awesome bar is a keylogger to some individuals.
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JohnHaugeland 1873 days ago
1. Collects all keypresses 2. Sends them over the network

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

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Gravyness 1873 days ago
What's an awesome bar?
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belltaco 1873 days ago
I think it's the Firefox web address field when it was retooled to show search suggestions as you type.
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