I do a bit of work on the side fixing peoples' computers for a small fee
I don't make millions or anything, but it gets me the extra clothing and holidays.

Somebody came to me recently telling me that their friend wanted me to fix their computer, as they were 'locked out' and couldn't rememebr their password. This wasn't completely unfeasible as mnay students have came to me for the same reason. I decided to have a go anyway.

The bloke could not remember even the format of the password, and he claimed to have changed it when drunk so it could be anything. Fair 'nuff, I have a look. I ran the password recovery disc and found the Administrator password.

I boot up the computer intially, and find that there are about 12 associated networks to log on to. Alarm bells are ringing at this point, but he was adamant that it was his, and he has just joined a lot of business networks.

The final straw was when I logged in to the machine and, upon asking him how long he'd worked for [London company], he immediately started aweating and asked if I could reformat the computer.

Needless to say I phoned the police and he was arrested. I was almost crying to the police officer as I was certain that I was going to get it in the neck for handling stolen goods. Luckily, that wasn't so.
(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 1:32, Reply)