PET PASSWORD

Ronald’s purebred border collies, Kona and Cosmo, turned out to share their names with his Wi-Fi password. His neighbor, Elijah, felt like a hacker genius the day he cracked it, left in awe by the connection speeds. Ronald was an idiot, often needing to ask Elijah at the fence how to use basic technology, and once even admitting to using pet names in his passwords. Clueless, the elderly man would never find out.

     While Elijah did not consider himself a creep, Ronald’s much younger wife, Jackie, was hot for a middle-aged woman. Elijah found it too hard to resist the day a list of security cameras showed up on Ronald’s Wi-Fi router. However, they had a password. A web search of the camera manufacturer revealed the password needed to contain a lowercase letter, uppercase letter, and symbol.

     Konacosmo#1, the one the router used, did not work for the cameras.

     Konacosmo#2 failed.

     Konacosmocam#1? Nope.

     Konacosmo#1cam went nowhere.

     Elijah exited to not lockout the cameras, resuming the next day. He thought about reversing the Wi-Fi password: Cosmokona#1. That was it! That was the ticket!

     Elijah accessed the neighbor’s cameras seamlessly from his couch, able to see Jackie in four locations: the driveway, living room, kitchen, and a basement view near the washer and dryer. Elijah could not believe how easy it was, and for weeks he watched her for at least a half hour per night, a mix of exhilaration and guilt. She never walked about undressed, a disappointment, but the most engaging content took place when Jackie was not around...