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Re:ASK HN: Any suggestions or open source tools that capture... by codingdave on Sunday June 28, 2026 @07:32AM (#48706441)
Yes, that clarifies things - the term you are looking for is "spyware". I cannot think of many legit reasons to want to build this. If you want to know what devs are working on, look at what they commit into source control.
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Re:ASK HN: Any suggestions or open source tools that capture... by adithyaharish on Sunday June 28, 2026 @07:35AM (#48706457)
I want to build a software, an analytics system infact that learns from the dev's activity and help them imporve their productivity, and inorder to do this i want to capture the dev's screen but not bring any data out, keep all data local and private
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