OC3D Whatpulse

[cronic5]

Anyone here run Whatpulse? If so, is there an OC3D Whatpulse team?

If not maybe we could get one started up.

My stats.


Edit: universal nonacceptance by the members of this community, deciding to back out of this one. Seems people have "security concerns".

 

[AverageNinja]

I'll have to download that tomorrow. Would love to see my typing habits when writing articles and whatnot, thanks for sharing this

Don't think there's a team, but if you contact Tom (or possibly SuB, one might be made, it does seem very interesting).

EDIT: Actually using it right now, it looks like a fun piece of software

 

[cronic5]

I'll have to download that tomorrow. Would love to see my typing habits when writing articles and whatnot, thanks for sharing this

Don't think there's a team, but if you contact Tom (or possibly SuB, one might be made, it does seem very interesting).

EDIT: Actually using it right now, it looks like a fun piece of software

Whatpulse is generally useless and has no real practical use, it is definitely one of those "it's just cool as hell" programs.

I will go ahead and create a team if anyone wants to join. If any administrators or Tom wants to take founder/moderator position of the team, I will be happy to hand it over.

 

[Mysterae]

Then we'll try and guess your passwords

 

[Wraith]

It's a interesting concept but I just can't bring myself to engage with a 3rd party piece of software that essentially logs all your activity... seems a touch to suspicious for me. My Tinterweb Senses are tingling.

 

[cronic5]

Then we'll try and guess your passwords

Good luck with that one.

It's a interesting concept but I just can't bring myself to engage with a 3rd party piece of software that essentially logs all your activity... seems a touch to suspicious for me. My Tinterweb Senses are tingling.

Yeah I have been through this same problem in the past. People don't "trust" the software.

Despite the fact that keyloggers (especially from thousands of users) are incredibly difficult to read, this program only COUNTS the keys you press, not record them.

You can disable various features if you want it to feel "more secure". However, I've been running this software since 2004 on multiple machines, and was even a contributor on the Linux release.

Short answer: it's safe. People have used it for novelty purposes for over a decade now. Hundreds of thousands, actually.

 

[SPS]

Short answer: it's safe. People have used it for novelty purposes for over a decade now. Hundreds of thousands, actually.

The app itself doesn't need to be malicious to be a threat. It just sounds like another vulnerability that could be exploited for something which literally provides zero productivity. I think I'll pass on this one

 

[cronic5]

The app itself doesn't need to be malicious to be a threat. It just sounds like another vulnerability that could be exploited for something which literally provides zero productivity. I think I'll pass on this one

What sort of "vulnerabilities" do you mean, and what sort of exploits?

Do people really run less software for fear of "exploits"? Even as a former programmer who worked on security software, I can't even think of a practical method of exploiting software like WhatPulse.

 

[Warchild]

I just can't really see a point to it though. Do people really find their typing habits interesting?
Not to mention legit or not, it's suspicious. No doubt someone out there could easily embed a keylog command surely?

 

[cronic5]

I just can't really see a point to it though. Do people really find their typing habits interesting?
Not to mention legit or not, it's suspicious. No doubt someone out there could easily embed a keylog command surely?

Hmm. I'd like to make sense of this post, but I can't.

Not trying to be an ass, but I don't think you understand how software works internally. Most people don't. The short answer is that there is more vulnerability in every major browser than there is in Whatpulse.

 

[barnsley]

While it claims to only count key strokes and not what keys you've pressed (so its relatively secure) I still don't see the appeal of it.

Each to their own, I guess.

 

[Warchild]

Hmm. I'd like to make sense of this post, but I can't.

Not trying to be an ass, but I don't think you understand how software works internally. Most people don't. The short answer is that there is more vulnerability in every major browser than there is in Whatpulse.

I know you aren't being an ass You are right, I dont fully understand how the program works and there is no doubt many like me.

I just see no point to knowing my total keystrokes or mouseclicks for each application I use, or my system uptime, how many times i rebooted in a given period blah blah. Each to their own I guess, but this just doesn't seem like info I need to know.

 

[cronic5]

While it claims to only count key strokes and not what keys you've pressed (so its relatively secure) I still don't see the appeal of it.

Each to their own, I guess.

By that same logic, no one should ever use a browser or a cell phone to make a purchase online.

People give out their credit card numbers to companies who say they wont use it for malicious intent.

WhatPulse uses SSL, and simply records the software. It's been around over a decade now and not a single person has reported anything malicious with WhatPulse whatsoever.

You have to be annoyingly paranoid to think WhatPulse is a keylogger.

 

[Warchild]

By that same logic, no one should ever use a browser or a cell phone to make a purchase online.

People give out their credit card numbers to companies who say they wont use it for malicious intent.

WhatPulse uses SSL, and simply records the software. It's been around over a decade now and not a single person has reported anything malicious with WhatPulse whatsoever.

You have to be annoyingly paranoid to think WhatPulse is a keylogger.

Annoyingly paranoid is a bit harsh though. BArnsley didn't disagree with you at all. It's just are asking someone to download and install a piece of software they have never heard of and have no experience with. And when said person reads up what it is, it states keystroke count. You can't blame the skepticism here really. And while it is completely legit this software will always have a hard time winning over users simply because of what it is.

We have all the hackers and trojan creators to thank for that

 

[cronic5]

I know you aren't being an ass You are right, I dont fully understand how the program works and there is no doubt many like me.

I just see no point to knowing my total keystrokes or mouseclicks for each application I use, or my system uptime, how many times i rebooted in a given period blah blah. Each to their own I guess, but this just doesn't seem like info I need to know.

Well I understand that. If someone doesn't want to run it, no problems. I am just not sure how so many people would logically think "keylogger".

Annoyingly paranoid is a bit harsh though. BArnsley didn't disagree with you at all. It's just are asking someone to download and install a piece of software they have never heard of and have no experience with. And when said person reads up what it is, it states keystroke count. You can't blame the skepticism here really. And while it is completely legit this software will always have a hard time winning over users simply because of what it is.

We have all the hackers and trojan creators to thank for that

I don't mean to come off as harsh. It's just my way. I don't mean any disrespect by it.

I am also not really expecting anyone to download any software. It is just the quick jump to "I've never heard of it so it must be vulnerable!" that bugs me.

Although your point is somewhat valid, I've never head of any firewalls being alerted to WhatPulse.

 

[barnsley]

By that same logic, no one should ever use a browser or a cell phone to make a purchase online.

People give out their credit card numbers to companies who say they wont use it for malicious intent.

WhatPulse uses SSL, and simply records the software. It's been around over a decade now and not a single person has reported anything malicious with WhatPulse whatsoever.

You have to be annoyingly paranoid to think WhatPulse is a keylogger.

Dude, you didn't read what I said. I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with you. If anything I was backing up what you said about it being secure.

i don't care if its not a keylogger, it doesn't interest me enough. It also would go against most security policies companies have in place, which is where most of us do the majority of our typing .

 

[Warchild]

interestingly enough I went browsing for other similar threads like this and came across quite a few of someone keen to setup a team and then a bombardment of negativity towards the software right away. I do feel somewhat sorry for the creators as they have a hard wall to overcome in order to win over more users.

It does make you wonder the mentality of some though, they would happily reject this software and begin the keylogger witchhunt towards the OP, but then are quite happy downloading shit with their Utorrent software that has more backdoors than a smugglers den.

 

[cronic5]

Dude, you didn't read what I said. I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with you. If anything I was backing up what you said about it being secure.

i don't care if its not a keylogger, it doesn't interest me enough. It also would go against most security policies companies have in place, which is where most of us do the majority of our typing .

Well that's all fine and dandy if it doesn't interest you.

Although I did misread your original post.

interestingly enough I went browsing for other similar threads like this and came across quite a few of someone keen to setup a team and then a bombardment of negativity towards the software right away. I do feel somewhat sorry for the creators as they have a hard wall to overcome in order to win over more users.

It does make you wonder the mentality of some though, they would happily reject this software and begin the keylogger witchhunt towards the OP, but then are quite happy downloading shit with their Utorrent software that has more backdoors than a smugglers den.

I've started a couple of teams on different communities without any real hesitation whatsoever.

Most of those were in technical communities with software developers though, who knew that the software has no more vulnerabilities than a browser.

 

[SPS]

The difference between this and a browser, is that buying stuff online gives me a much greater reward for the risk. They promise they only count - maybe they do. I'm not saying this isn't safe, I'm just saying that for what it is, for me personally it's not worth it. When I refer to vulnerabilities, I could be referring to any part of the chain, not just the client app. And yes, I am a C/C++ programmer by trade, not just some ignorant person that screams exaggeration

 

[cronic5]

The difference between this and a browser, is that buying stuff online gives me a much greater reward for the risk. They promise they only count - maybe they do. I'm not saying this isn't safe, I'm just saying that for what it is, for me personally it's not worth it. When I refer to vulnerabilities, I could be referring to any part of the chain, not just the client app. And yes, I am a C/C++ programmer by trade, not just some ignorant person that screams exaggeration

*sigh* I am more disappointed than anything. As a programmer, you should know full well that there is no such "vulnerabilities" in this software. All software can be exploited, but you run a greater risk even using wireless internet on a WPA-PSK2 network.