Text by Marc Savlov Credit: Illustration By Jason Stout

“SpectorPro 4.0 automatically takes hundreds of screen snapshots every hour, very much like a surveillance camera. With Spector you will be able to see EVERY chat conversation and instant message, e-mail, web site visited and keystroke typed.”

— Spector Soft press release

E-mail capture 12.17.02/0915:00

To: bobsmith0123@aol.com

From: adissababamoney@notascam.net

Subject: Help Us to Help You, Please

Hello to yoU my fine sir,

I am hoping this missive or letter finds yoU in the goodest of health and happeness. I am Professor Ricardo Jones , PhD., Md., Thx (Cgi). I am writing to yoU in the hoping that you can assist my country of Lagostan to transfer wire funds and to receive the cash in your banking account of your choice. I repeat there, is no risk whatsoever to yoU, and a fine sum for yoUr helping us will be inside yoUr banking account.

Could yoU be so helpful in this our time of the needing? I say again to you; there is no such risk to yoUr monies. I thank yoU and await yoUr reply with eager hoping.

Yours now and with the loving,

Professor Ricardo Jone(s)

ConspiraNet (capture)

12.18.02/0900:00

DeepThroat02387: yeah but what I don’t get is why an alien grey would use a scoped rifle in the first place — don’t they have phase plasma rifles as standard gear anymore?

Wingnut737: right but they cant take em back in time with em — too heavy for the temporal field. Remember greys are liteweight little guys.

DeepThroat02387: but then why even fire from the book depository — why not just use a spatial distorter to desintegrate kennedy?

Wingnut737: hang on a sec my mom wants me to take the dog out

Keystroke capture 12.17.02/1200:00

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

12.13.02/AIMLog/011:00

DUNEBUDDY: hey dave?

DUNEBUDDY: dave?

DUNEBUDDY: dave?

WIPEOUT9387: daves not here man.

For more on Spector Soft: Internet Monitoring and Surveillance, visit www.spectorsoft.com.

This article appears in December 27 • 2002.

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