[weegee]

Same here, but can't those "computer forensics" people look at the hard drive and at least determine when the message was written, and if the computer's clock had been tampered with?

If it was Word, there is an autosave feature (may not have been on) that keept some of a draft. Does it rewrite the file even if there are no changes?

There are all sorts of details that are stored (including last accessed documents) and recent web cache.

Everyone leaves a virtual paper trail of their thoughts now.

[hummingbird]

Everyone leaves a virtual paper trail of their thoughts now.

...and that's the one reason I don't keep my diary there! A book with a key and "Hello, Kitty" on the cover is much, much more secure!