Seems like roughly the same difference between a malware keylogger and say, X11. They both intercept all your keystrokes, but you wanted the latter one to do so

Seems like roughly the same difference between a malware keylogger and say, X11. They both intercept all your keystrokes, but you wanted the latter one to do so and didn't want the former. ("But I didn't want the remote admin tool on my computer!" It's not your computer, it's the company's computer. And they wanted it there.)