Do you ever use public computers to access your blog, email or other online account? Do you always restart the computer when you get off? I usually do, and from now on I always will.
I cam into class, got onto the computer, which was already on, open up Internet Explorer and go to my web site. I go to log into my blog and, instead of getting the login page I usually get at an unfamiliar computer, it brings me straight to the dashboard, skipping the login page. Now that's not unusual for me when I'm at home, my computer remembers me and automatically logs me in. The problem is that it's not supposed to do that at a University computer and I ended up at someone else's dashboard. Because they had left the computer without turning it off, the computer remembered their password and send me to their blog. I had complete access to it. Now, if it were someone I knew, I might have been tempted to mess around on there, post absurd things, change their password or other fun stuff. But, alas I decided to be good and all they'll see in the morning is a post that basically says "Hi, you left the computer on, I got on your blog and you really should be more careful". Yeah, I know. Where's the fun in that.....
