The way the story reads, it seems like this could be something as simple as a SPAN port and a default account (with perhaps wonky permissions)....similar to âoethe âoecrimeâ of having âoea tool that could monitor the traffic any interface...it is even called snoopâ a security âoeproâ attempted to discover at a shop I was at. Of course without detail it is impossible to judge the veracity of the claim...details matter.

This is quite similar to a situation I am currently in right now. Here in Toronto I walked into a local computer store (OTA if anyone cares) and was presented with the offer of a lifetime. A powerbook g4 for 750 dollars (Canadian). Needless to say, I snapped it up. The clerk gave me the login ID and the power cord, and I was on my way. At the time, I didn't bother to ask them why it was so cheap, but figured, as it was being sold by a store, it couldn't' be stolen...right? Well I got it home and reset the root password, and noticed there was a CD in the drive. "That's strange" I thought, most people would not leave a CD in there laptop if they were selling it...but whatever, I'm sure it must happen somtime...right? After about a week of puttering about I noticed that the drive was almost full. I searched for all the files on the Disk and was drop jawed. The previous owner had left many..MANY home made movies of himself with his boyfriend indulging in the love that that dare not speak its name...at least in the deep south. Not two deep mind you as I also found several dozen pictures of what appears to be the same guy in his native Mexico, just hangin about.... All this and no name.... Not in Entourage, his keychain, no where... I also discovered several dozen tourist style pictures of the gentlemen at various Toronto landmarks. As well as several working prototypes of what appeared to be adds for a service called "Uncensored Escorts" that this guy was involved in. As well as a mailing list of several hundred e-mail addresses, potential clients I supposed. I figured that this guy either was either (A) dumb as a bag of hammers for not deleting his (QUITE) personal, or (B) he didn't have time to delete them (ie, someone nicked it from the poor guy. I went back to OTA and asked them about it. They claimed that someone "turned it in". "Errr...ok !?!?!...." The guy then walked away... I briefly thought of registering www.lookwhatifoundonmyusedpowerbook.com, but I am sure there has to be a law against posting someones home made porno on the net without their permission. I now am torn, between my love for my new Powerbook, and the need to find this guy and find out if he is missing a computer. What would you do?!?