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diff --git a/origin.markdown b/origin.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3220566 --- /dev/null +++ b/origin.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The `xspy` X11 keylogger was written, according to its source code comments, by +Jon A. Maxwell. The source was found [floating about on the web][1] on Jul +26th, 2014. The `xspy` program has been included in security-focused Linux +distributions (at least BackTrack and BlackArch) seemingly in the same +unchanged source form. + +According the comments, the program was written by Jon A. Maxwell (noted to +also be known as "JAM") with the email address `jmaxwell@acm.vt.edu`. The +author was not contactable. + +The code was rewritten to be more amenable to machine parsing and for +GNU-C11-compatibility by Antti Korpi `an@cyan.io`. To sufficiently distinguish +the completely different API and purpose, it was renamed. + + +[1]: https://www.eigenheimstrasse.de/~ben/keyspeedapplet/xspy.c |