Das Keyboard 5Q blasts past Kickstarter funding target

[HEXUS]

The Das Keyboard 5Q is a claimed to be the world's first cloud-connected keyboard.

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[chinf]

The lighting alert feature seems somewhat of a solution in search of a problem. Perhaps with enough community support there'll be a compelling use case that won't take fiddling to get working, but I'm not convinced.

Otherwise, it looks like a well designed keyboard; it's not for me though, having just upgraded to a new premium mechanical keyboard.

Note to editor: the last link has a mistake in the target URL; the first link is OK though.

[LSG501]

Is nobody else concerned about a 'cloud connected' keyboard... when we've all been up in arms over Windows 10 and it's 'tracking'.

[Corky34]

Yea it's certainly not something I'd buy, it's just a shame I'm not going to be able to buy a copy of Windows without the 'tracking' like i can with a keyboard.

[CK_1985]

Is nobody else concerned about a 'cloud connected' keyboard... when we've all been up in arms over Windows 10 and it's 'tracking'.

I'm normally one to avoid excessive paranoia (for example I'm quite happily using Windows 10), but I had the exact same thought. How can they possibly ensure the security of something that's constantly logging your keystrokes?!

[iggy]

Yeah, i'd rather not have every single keypress uploaded to, well, anywhere.