Second Chance at Life by Joanna Campbell Slan

Author:Joanna Campbell Slan [Slan, Joanna Campbell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spot On Publishing
Published: 2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 50

“You’ll need to approach Mr. Rivers carefully,” said Davidson. He’s a local boy who’s done well, a minority, and very civic-minded. Before you go after him, you need to have your facts straight. This could create tremendous blow-back.”

“I’ve been thinking about how to talk with him,” said Lou. “First I want to see what Ollie can find on Kathy Simmons’ computer.”

“That’s easier said than done,” said Ollie.

“How come?” Lou was a caveman when it came to computers. Ollie was an expert, at least to Lou’s way of thinking.

“I copied the hard drive of the computer she used at work. There wasn’t anything there. At least nothing I could see. The files on her notebook computer seem pretty straightforward. Nothing scandalous or interesting. I have a hunch she didn’t store anything of value on her notebook computer. In fact, I’d bet you lunch that she didn’t.”

“I don’t understand. You’re talking in circles.” Davidson sounded slightly annoyed. This surprised Lou, because it took a lot to upset Davidson. He was one of the most even-keeled bosses that Lou had ever worked for.

“According to Kathy Simmons’ credit card statements, she recently opened an account to store files on the cloud,” said Ollie. “Considering how tight her budget was, paying for private cloud storage only makes sense if she had important information that she needed to keep safe.”

“Whoa,” said Lou. “I’m lost. The cloud? What’s that?”

“Cloud storage offers users a way to store information that can be accessed remotely at any time, through any device. Imagine, if you will, a giant USB stick in the sky.” Ollie sketched a rectangle with his index finger.

“USB stick? In the sky?” Lou was even more confused.

“Lou, you really need to make the hyper-leap into the computer age,” said Ollie, with a put-upon sigh. “Let me dumb it down for you. In a typical office, you might open a file cabinet and store papers inside manila folders, right? A USB stick is the computer equivalent of a huge file cabinet. But it’s only three inches long. You might have heard it called a ‘thumb drive.’ By contrast, cloud storage would be like renting an entire building’s worth of file cabinets up in the sky. Because it’s virtual, it can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. So if Kathy’s at the Shoreline News, she types in an address and she has access. Same-o, same-o if she’s sitting in a Starbucks. Unlike using a key or twirling a combination lock on a physical storage unit, you use a password to get into your cloud storage.”

“You’re telling us that Kathy purchased one of these invisible storage lockers but you don’t know how to get in and see what’s there?” asked Davidson.

“I’m trying my best,” said Ollie, “but guessing a password is frustrating and time-consuming. I might be wasting my time.”

“What makes you say that?” Davidson asked.

“Paying for cloud storage is not uncommon,” said Ollie. “A lot of people don't put important stuff on their computers. Not anymore. Especially if they are highly mobile or if they don't trust their environment.

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