This reminds me of some old software (I've forgotten the name) that was essentially gamifying a keylogger. You would install it, and it counted your keystrokes/letters/mouse movement distance. It tallied it up and gave scoreboards. You could add friends to compare your numbers with each other. And finally, the cherry on top, you could install on multiple machines and have their totals all count for you.
I was a kid, and yes I 100% installed this on as many machines I had access to. Grandparents, etc. Probably tried to do it at school too (can't remember).
Now I wonder about the likelihood it was really just malware with a novel method of distribution.
I was a kid, and yes I 100% installed this on as many machines I had access to. Grandparents, etc. Probably tried to do it at school too (can't remember).
Now I wonder about the likelihood it was really just malware with a novel method of distribution.