Espionage

So, today at work I was used as a decoy for a security exercise. At least that is how I see it. Last week one of the lieutenants in my building came to my desk and asked if I'd be willing to participate in a security exercise...I figured this was one of those situations where you get asked to do something but you pretty much have to say yes. So then it was, what the hell, it will add a little variety to my life. So this morning and this afternoon, I had to try to enter different buildings in my complex without wearing my ID badge and see if
1.) anyone would let me in the building and if yes
2.) how many people I could pass in the hall on the way to my office before being stopped

Can I tell you what a rush it is to be given permission to sneak into a "secure" building. Sitting in my car waiting for someone else to pull up, hiding around the corner of the building, pretending to talk on my cell phone so as not to look suspicious. Then, when I got stopped by an employee on my way in this afternoon (good for you Mr. Do you have an ID badge) (the girl this morning barely noticed I followed her in) being told to make up any excuse so as not to give the exercise away..."oh, shoot, I always forget to put that silly thing on when I come back from lunch".

So if you take that and mix it with my investigative skills (you'd think I created Google I know it so well) I think I could go into some type of detective work or espionage (that is if the engineering thing doesn't pan out or I get bored with it). You'd be amazed at the trail of information we all leave behind on the internet. Sometimes we may think no one can figure out that we own some user name or some passion, but even with the tiniest snippets of information you can "paint" a pretty complete picture of most people. Just try Googling yourself sometime and see what I mean.