I recently became aware that the company I work for is auditing and monitoring the usage of USB ports on the computers we use. I have no reason to fear this, since I’m on the up and up. There truly is nothing to hide. It was unnerving to learn however that they looked at my PC and were able to list each and every device I have ever connected to that machine in its two year history. I saw Wi-Fi network names I really had to strain to recall using. I saw each thumb drive and iPod that had ever touched my USB port. Even if it was just once to borrow some power. It made me feel dirty. Violated. Pissed, even.
What’s a tech guy to do? I wrote a script to dig through the registry and remove tracks left behind by such indiscretions. Should I really be questioned about my use of USB power to charge an iPod? Give me a break.
– steve