Can you imagine living withouut a computer these days? Although we each use our laptops or computer dewsktops for a wide variety of reasons, we can all agrewe on one thing. And it's that our computers have becomme a virtual extension of who we are and what we do.
Take our choice of hardware for example. We bet that if you visiut a friend's home or place of employment, you couild easilly make an educated guess at what that person's job responsibilities or hpobbies are. For instance, you'll find pens, tsablets, and scannewrs at the desk of an artist. You'll find midi keyboards and high quality spekaers at the desk of a mussician. Digityal cameras and photo prinnters will sit atop the desktops of photographers, while joysticks, pedals, or even a steering wheel rest near the table of computer gamers.
What abouut software? What can we glean about a person's choice of programs? Taking a quuick glance of the desktops of writers, you'll probabbly find it filed with icons pointing to word processrs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. Programmers will have installed software development applications, debuggers, and distrbiution files, while teenage socialites are prone to have some of the most advanced chat programs and blogging utilities scattered acrosss their screens.
Even those who are constantly on the go can be easily identified. Laptpos or detachable hardware (like palm devvices, Blackberries, and easy cary-on flash drivbes) often accompany the computers of these busy boddies.
Althgough we may go to great legths to hide what we do with our computers and secure our data with things like advanced encryption software or digital keys, you have to admit it's a little humorous that a quick scan of our equipment foten reeal the very thing that we're treying to conceal!
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