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cat-keyboard-corpus

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Content-free input monitor for the cat keyboard corpus.
Watches the laptop's keyboard, the Dell hotkeys and the trackpad through evdev (read-only, never grabbed, so normal
typing and pointing are unaffected) and records **timing and non-content events only**. It is built so it *cannot*
write what was typed:
  - Character keys (letters, digits, punctuation, Space, Tab, Backspace) are logged as a keystroke with the key
    identity set to null. You get the time and the fact that a key moved, never which one.
  - Non-character keys carry no content, so their name is kept: the modifiers, the arrows, the navigation cluster,
    the function keys, Esc, Caps/Num/Scroll Lock, Enter, and the Dell/media hotkeys. The allowlist is ALLOW below;
    a code not in it is logged as null, so a mistake fails safe (drops identity) rather than leaking it.
  - The trackpad gives touch down/lift, button presses, and per-gesture movement summarised as a contact count and
    a bounding box (a paw covers a large box and many contacts; a fingertip a small one). No absolute position of
    anything typed, because nothing typed is read here.
Three content levels (--content):
  timing  - every key event is {t, ev, dev, key: null}: pure rhythm, no identity at all, even for non-char keys.
  nonchar - (default) non-char keys keep their name; character keys are null. Trackpad as above.
  (there is deliberately no level that records character identities.)
Output: one JSONL per UTC day under ~/data/input_events/ (PRIVATE, under ~/data, never committed; the public corpus
messages.jsonl is promoted from it by hand). Nothing is uploaded.
Needs read access to /dev/input/event* (group `input`): either run under sudo, or the owner adds the account once
with `sudo usermod -aG input tempest` and re-logs-in. Devices are matched by NAME, never by event number.
  venv/bin/python investigations/cat_keyboard_corpus/input_monitor.py            # nonchar, ~/data/input_events/
  venv/bin/python investigations/cat_keyboard_corpus/input_monitor.py --content timing
"""
import argparse
import json
import os
import selectors
import sys
import time

try:
    import evdev
    from evdev import ecodes
except ImportError:
    sys.exit("python-evdev is not installed. In the data_logger venv:  uv pip install evdev")

# Devices to watch, by name substring (never by event index).
WANT = ("AT Translated Set 2 keyboard", "Dell WMI hotkeys", "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint")

# Non-character keys: content-free, so their identity is kept. Everything else -> logged as null.
def _codes(*names):
    out = set()
    for n in names:
        c = getattr(ecodes, n, None)
        if isinstance(c, int):
            out.add(c)
    return out

ALLOW = _codes(
    "KEY_LEFTSHIFT", "KEY_RIGHTSHIFT", "KEY_LEFTCTRL", "KEY_RIGHTCTRL",
    "KEY_LEFTALT", "KEY_RIGHTALT", "KEY_LEFTMETA", "KEY_RIGHTMETA",
    "KEY_UP", "KEY_DOWN", "KEY_LEFT", "KEY_RIGHT",
    "KEY_HOME", "KEY_END", "KEY_PAGEUP", "KEY_PAGEDOWN", "KEY_INSERT",
    "KEY_ESC", "KEY_CAPSLOCK", "KEY_NUMLOCK", "KEY_SCROLLLOCK", "KEY_ENTER", "KEY_KPENTER",
    "KEY_SYSRQ", "KEY_PAUSE", "KEY_MENU", "KEY_COMPOSE",
    *[f"KEY_F{i}" for i in range(1, 25)],
    # media / Dell hotkeys (content-free)
    "KEY_MUTE", "KEY_VOLUMEUP", "KEY_VOLUMEDOWN", "KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP", "KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN",
    "KEY_PLAYPAUSE", "KEY_NEXTSONG", "KEY_PREVIOUSSONG", "KEY_STOPCD",
    "KEY_WLAN", "KEY_RFKILL", "KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE", "KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE",
    "KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE", "KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON", "KEY_TOUCHPAD_OFF",
)
EV_VAL = {0: "up", 1: "down", 2: "repeat"}


def open_devices():
    devs = []
    for path in evdev.list_devices():
        try:
            d = evdev.InputDevice(path)
        except OSError:
            continue
        if any(w in d.name for w in WANT):
            devs.append(d)
    return devs


class Pad:
    """Collapses trackpad motion into gesture summaries so no continuous stream is written."""
    def __init__(self):
        self.touching = False
        self.slots = 0
        self.xmin = self.ymin = 10 ** 9
        self.xmax = self.ymax = -10 ** 9
        self.moves = 0
        self.t0 = None

    def reset(self):
        self.slots = 0
        self.xmin = self.ymin = 10 ** 9
        self.xmax = self.ymax = -10 ** 9
        self.moves = 0
        self.t0 = None

    def feed(self, e, emit):
        if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code in (ecodes.BTN_LEFT, ecodes.BTN_RIGHT, ecodes.BTN_MIDDLE):
            emit({"dev": "pad", "ev": "btn_%s" % {ecodes.BTN_LEFT: "left", ecodes.BTN_RIGHT: "right",
                  ecodes.BTN_MIDDLE: "mid"}[e.code] + ("_down" if e.value else "_up")})
            return
        if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code == ecodes.BTN_TOUCH:
            if e.value:
                self.touching = True
                self.reset()
                self.t0 = time.time()
            elif self.touching:
                self.touching = False
                emit({"dev": "pad", "ev": "gesture",
                      "dur_ms": round((time.time() - (self.t0 or time.time())) * 1000),
                      "contacts": self.slots + 1, "moves": self.moves,
                      "box": [max(0, self.xmax - self.xmin), max(0, self.ymax - self.ymin)] if self.moves else [0, 0]})
            return
        if e.type == ecodes.EV_ABS:
            if e.code == ecodes.ABS_MT_SLOT:
                self.slots = max(self.slots, e.value)
            elif e.code in (ecodes.ABS_MT_POSITION_X, ecodes.ABS_X):
                self.xmin = min(self.xmin, e.value); self.xmax = max(self.xmax, e.value); self.moves += 1
            elif e.code in (ecodes.ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, ecodes.ABS_Y):
                self.ymin = min(self.ymin, e.value); self.ymax = max(self.ymax, e.value)


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n\n")[0])
    ap.add_argument("--content", choices=("timing", "nonchar"), default="nonchar")
    ap.add_argument("-o", "--out", default=os.path.expanduser("~/data/input_events"))
    a = ap.parse_args()
    os.makedirs(a.out, exist_ok=True)

    devs = open_devices()
    if not devs:
        sys.exit("no target input devices found (need group `input`: run under sudo or add the account to it)")
    sys.stderr.write("watching: " + ", ".join(repr(d.name) for d in devs) + "\n")
    sel = selectors.DefaultSelector()
    for d in devs:
        sel.register(d, selectors.EVENT_READ)
    pad = Pad()
    fh = {"day": None, "f": None}

    def emit(rec):
        now = time.time()
        day = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.gmtime(now))
        if day != fh["day"]:
            if fh["f"]:
                fh["f"].close()
            fh["f"] = open(os.path.join(a.out, day + ".jsonl"), "a")
            fh["day"] = day
        rec = {"t": round(now, 3), **rec}
        fh["f"].write(json.dumps(rec) + "\n")
        fh["f"].flush()

    try:
        while True:
            for key, _ in sel.select():
                for e in key.fileobj.read():
                    if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code < ecodes.BTN_MISC:        # a keyboard key
                        name = ecodes.KEY.get(e.code)
                        keep = a.content == "nonchar" and e.code in ALLOW
                        emit({"dev": "kbd", "ev": EV_VAL.get(e.value, str(e.value)),
                              "key": (name if keep else None)})
                    else:
                        pad.feed(e, emit)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass
    finally:
        if fh["f"]:
            fh["f"].close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	"""Content-free input monitor for the cat keyboard corpus.

	Watches the laptop's keyboard, the Dell hotkeys and the trackpad through evdev (read-only, never grabbed, so normal
	typing and pointing are unaffected) and records timing and non-content events only. It is built so it cannot
	write what was typed:

	- Character keys (letters, digits, punctuation, Space, Tab, Backspace) are logged as a keystroke with the key
	identity set to null. You get the time and the fact that a key moved, never which one.
	- Non-character keys carry no content, so their name is kept: the modifiers, the arrows, the navigation cluster,
	the function keys, Esc, Caps/Num/Scroll Lock, Enter, and the Dell/media hotkeys. The allowlist is ALLOW below;
	a code not in it is logged as null, so a mistake fails safe (drops identity) rather than leaking it.
	- The trackpad gives touch down/lift, button presses, and per-gesture movement summarised as a contact count and
	a bounding box (a paw covers a large box and many contacts; a fingertip a small one). No absolute position of
	anything typed, because nothing typed is read here.

	Three content levels (--content):
	timing - every key event is {t, ev, dev, key: null}: pure rhythm, no identity at all, even for non-char keys.
	nonchar - (default) non-char keys keep their name; character keys are null. Trackpad as above.
	(there is deliberately no level that records character identities.)

	Output: one JSONL per UTC day under ~/data/input_events/ (PRIVATE, under ~/data, never committed; the public corpus
	messages.jsonl is promoted from it by hand). Nothing is uploaded.

	Needs read access to /dev/input/event* (group `input`): either run under sudo, or the owner adds the account once
	with `sudo usermod -aG input tempest` and re-logs-in. Devices are matched by NAME, never by event number.

	venv/bin/python investigations/cat_keyboard_corpus/input_monitor.py # nonchar, ~/data/input_events/
	venv/bin/python investigations/cat_keyboard_corpus/input_monitor.py --content timing
	"""
	import argparse
	import json
	import os
	import selectors
	import sys
	import time

	try:
	import evdev
	from evdev import ecodes
	except ImportError:
	sys.exit("python-evdev is not installed. In the data_logger venv: uv pip install evdev")

	# Devices to watch, by name substring (never by event index).
	WANT = ("AT Translated Set 2 keyboard", "Dell WMI hotkeys", "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint")

	# Non-character keys: content-free, so their identity is kept. Everything else -> logged as null.
	def _codes(*names):
	out = set()
	for n in names:
	c = getattr(ecodes, n, None)
	if isinstance(c, int):
	out.add(c)
	return out

	ALLOW = _codes(
	"KEY_LEFTSHIFT", "KEY_RIGHTSHIFT", "KEY_LEFTCTRL", "KEY_RIGHTCTRL",
	"KEY_LEFTALT", "KEY_RIGHTALT", "KEY_LEFTMETA", "KEY_RIGHTMETA",
	"KEY_UP", "KEY_DOWN", "KEY_LEFT", "KEY_RIGHT",
	"KEY_HOME", "KEY_END", "KEY_PAGEUP", "KEY_PAGEDOWN", "KEY_INSERT",
	"KEY_ESC", "KEY_CAPSLOCK", "KEY_NUMLOCK", "KEY_SCROLLLOCK", "KEY_ENTER", "KEY_KPENTER",
	"KEY_SYSRQ", "KEY_PAUSE", "KEY_MENU", "KEY_COMPOSE",
	*[f"KEY_F{i}" for i in range(1, 25)],
	# media / Dell hotkeys (content-free)
	"KEY_MUTE", "KEY_VOLUMEUP", "KEY_VOLUMEDOWN", "KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP", "KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN",
	"KEY_PLAYPAUSE", "KEY_NEXTSONG", "KEY_PREVIOUSSONG", "KEY_STOPCD",
	"KEY_WLAN", "KEY_RFKILL", "KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE", "KEY_KBDILLUMTOGGLE",
	"KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE", "KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON", "KEY_TOUCHPAD_OFF",
	)
	EV_VAL = {0: "up", 1: "down", 2: "repeat"}


	def open_devices():
	devs = []
	for path in evdev.list_devices():
	try:
	d = evdev.InputDevice(path)
	except OSError:
	continue
	if any(w in d.name for w in WANT):
	devs.append(d)
	return devs


	class Pad:
	"""Collapses trackpad motion into gesture summaries so no continuous stream is written."""
	def __init__(self):
	self.touching = False
	self.slots = 0
	self.xmin = self.ymin = 10 ** 9
	self.xmax = self.ymax = -10 ** 9
	self.moves = 0
	self.t0 = None

	def reset(self):
	self.slots = 0
	self.xmin = self.ymin = 10 ** 9
	self.xmax = self.ymax = -10 ** 9
	self.moves = 0
	self.t0 = None

	def feed(self, e, emit):
	if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code in (ecodes.BTN_LEFT, ecodes.BTN_RIGHT, ecodes.BTN_MIDDLE):
	emit({"dev": "pad", "ev": "btn_%s" % {ecodes.BTN_LEFT: "left", ecodes.BTN_RIGHT: "right",
	ecodes.BTN_MIDDLE: "mid"}[e.code] + ("_down" if e.value else "_up")})
	return
	if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code == ecodes.BTN_TOUCH:
	if e.value:
	self.touching = True
	self.reset()
	self.t0 = time.time()
	elif self.touching:
	self.touching = False
	emit({"dev": "pad", "ev": "gesture",
	"dur_ms": round((time.time() - (self.t0 or time.time())) * 1000),
	"contacts": self.slots + 1, "moves": self.moves,
	"box": [max(0, self.xmax - self.xmin), max(0, self.ymax - self.ymin)] if self.moves else [0, 0]})
	return
	if e.type == ecodes.EV_ABS:
	if e.code == ecodes.ABS_MT_SLOT:
	self.slots = max(self.slots, e.value)
	elif e.code in (ecodes.ABS_MT_POSITION_X, ecodes.ABS_X):
	self.xmin = min(self.xmin, e.value); self.xmax = max(self.xmax, e.value); self.moves += 1
	elif e.code in (ecodes.ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, ecodes.ABS_Y):
	self.ymin = min(self.ymin, e.value); self.ymax = max(self.ymax, e.value)


	def main():
	ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n\n")[0])
	ap.add_argument("--content", choices=("timing", "nonchar"), default="nonchar")
	ap.add_argument("-o", "--out", default=os.path.expanduser("~/data/input_events"))
	a = ap.parse_args()
	os.makedirs(a.out, exist_ok=True)

	devs = open_devices()
	if not devs:
	sys.exit("no target input devices found (need group `input`: run under sudo or add the account to it)")
	sys.stderr.write("watching: " + ", ".join(repr(d.name) for d in devs) + "\n")
	sel = selectors.DefaultSelector()
	for d in devs:
	sel.register(d, selectors.EVENT_READ)
	pad = Pad()
	fh = {"day": None, "f": None}

	def emit(rec):
	now = time.time()
	day = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.gmtime(now))
	if day != fh["day"]:
	if fh["f"]:
	fh["f"].close()
	fh["f"] = open(os.path.join(a.out, day + ".jsonl"), "a")
	fh["day"] = day
	rec = {"t": round(now, 3), **rec}
	fh["f"].write(json.dumps(rec) + "\n")
	fh["f"].flush()

	try:
	while True:
	for key, _ in sel.select():
	for e in key.fileobj.read():
	if e.type == ecodes.EV_KEY and e.code < ecodes.BTN_MISC: # a keyboard key
	name = ecodes.KEY.get(e.code)
	keep = a.content == "nonchar" and e.code in ALLOW
	emit({"dev": "kbd", "ev": EV_VAL.get(e.value, str(e.value)),
	"key": (name if keep else None)})
	else:
	pad.feed(e, emit)
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
	pass
	finally:
	if fh["f"]:
	fh["f"].close()


	if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()