re: #297 Obdicut
Yay for microsoft’s privacy insecurity.
It was metadata. I wasn’t sure what that was. From Wiki:
Police found metadata embedded in a deleted Microsoft Word document that was, unbeknownst to Rader, on the disk.[19] The metadata, recovered using the forensic software EnCase,[19] contained “Christ Lutheran Church”, and the document was marked as last modified by “Dennis”. A search of the church website turned up Dennis Rader as president of the congregation council. Police began surveillance of Rader.[20]
If he would have used a new disk, who knows.