Did you know... that your
computer is spying on you? Did you know for example that every click you
make on Windows 98 Start Menu is logged and stored permanently on a hidden
encrypted database within your own computer?
Your hard drive might appear
clean... but still be full of 'sensitive material' that you did not want
to download in the first place and it might very well be a Serious Criminal
Offence in your country to have that data stored on your computer even
if you didn't know it was still there. You could go to Jail! Pressing 'Delete'
or emptying your 'Recycle Bin' - or even 'Formatting' your disk
- simply will not work, the 'sensitive material' will still remain on your
hard drive! Everything you or anyone else have ever viewed could easily
be recovered - even many years later!
It's becoming common in the workplace
for companies to copy and investigate the contents of workers computers
after hours - without your consent or knowledge. This is perfectly legal
and it is happening now! Your job could be at risk. What would happen to
you if you lost your job? People like you are losing their jobs right now
because of their Internet activities in America and the UK.
You will be held responsible for
any data which you allow to remain on your computer, even if it was only
by accident. Even files and Internet Searches you have made which you thought
you had never "saved to disk" can be recorded as permanent evidence on
your hard drive.
Can you honestly say that you really
know for sure what may have been accidentally downloaded or purposefully
hidden on your PC?