Tuesday, March 16

Anything you type... - Can be used against you. If you didn't already know that, consider the case of Mary Ranta, who has been ordered by a judge in a Connecticut divorce proceeding not to touch her laptop, the better to preserve evidence her husband wants to use against her in court. In an unusual maneuver, the judge has ruled that Mrs. Ranta must turn over the computer but that Mr. Ranta must purchase a duplicate for her, including all of the same software. In the meantime, she must "stop using, accessing, turning on, powering, copying, deleting, removing or uninstalling any programs, files or folders, or booting up" her year-old laptop. Yikes!