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What many people don't realize, however, is that our operating systems typically record things about us, too, such as the activities we perform on them and the files we use. That can be helpful, enabling things like quick access to that document we were just working on, for example; it can also be a problem, since anyone who gains access to your computer can potentially see all that stuff as well.

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