Do you need (or want) to find out what is being typed on a particular computer? No, I’m not encouraging you to become a stalker, as there are some legitimate reasons to collect this information. For instance, do you suspect that your employees are goofing off at work or stealing company secrets? Maybe you want to know what are your minor children really doing on the internet? Of course, you might also want to know if your spouse is cheating on you (see note below).
eBlaster | Mac 2009 allows you to secretly record all the keystrokes on a computer and surreptitiously send those keystrokes via e-mail to another one. Once installed, it loads in the background, and it isn’t visible in the Applications folder or via Spotlight search. When activated, it can monitor and provide reports on a wide range of computer activity, including instant messages sent, Web sites visited, e-mails sent, keystrokes typed, online searches made, and applications used. You can read a full review of eBlaster | Mac here.
Note: Before using any program of this type, you should first determine whether obtaining such information if legal under state and federal law. This article does not provide any opinion on the legality of same, and it should not be construed as such. You should also consider that these types of programs are capable of capturing user IDs and passwords typed into banking or other secure sites, and thus make it easy to expose very sensitive information.
Source: "eBlaster 2009: Surreptitious Key-Logging Software Sees and Reports All" by Jeffery Battersby, published at Macworld.
Here is my idea. Simply tell your employees or children you are running this program, but don’t do it. It is cheaper, less intrusive and less creepy than actually buying, installing and running the program.