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> > What would you do in these circumstances?
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> > My (female) boss had a cousin (also female) who was going
> > through a divorce. Cousin & ex had bought a laptop
> > between them, but he'd used it 99% of the time. When he
> > left / got kicked out, she kept it.
> >
> > The laptop had Win2K on it & was password protected so it
> > was useless to her - my boss asked me if there was
> > anything I could do so that her cousin could make use of
> > this laaptop, seeing as she'd paid for half of it.
> >
> > I took it away & within minutes had gotten into the
> > administrator account & reset all passwords - only problem
> > was you couldn't fail to notice it was bursting at the
> > seams with porn. Now I wasn't snooping here, but when
> > there are files all over the desktop you can't fail to
> > notice. Nothing illegal, it was mostly amateur stuff and
> > a brief look (well, you'd have to wouldn't you) revealed
> > that he had obviously at least been trying (if not
> > successfully getting away with) using chatrooms & message
> > boards for soliciting extra-marital sex.
> >
> > I don't really know my boss that well (she'd been here 3
> > months) and don't know her cousin at all. Seeing as she's
> > in the process of divorcing this fella the fact that he's
> > been up to such things may warrant a mention during
> > divorce proceedings. The question is...what do you do?
> >
> > Would you hand it back, poon and all & say nothing of
> > what's on there (ie: pretend you didn't notice)?
> >
> > Would you hand it back, porn & all, and warn your boss
> > what's on it?
> >
> > Would you remove the porn without any mention & spare
> > everyone's blushes?
> >
> > Would you feign failure in getting past the passwords,
> > wipe the hard drive & reinstall an operating system?
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