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Using an internet cafe in australia a few months ago there was an AIM program open. I hadn't noticed the program until in the middle of my surf session a contact began talking to however owned the account. I notified the person that I was not who they thought I was immediatley, that their friend had left the program open in an internet cafe, and that I would be shutting down the program. A few minutes after shutting down the program the owner of the cafe came up to me and asked if I had been using Sarah's (I don't remember the actual name) chat program. I had forgotten about the program by then and I had no idea who Sarah was so I just looked at the owner stupidly for a few seconds before thte light went on and I said, oh yeah that open but I closed it. She looked at me like I was being devious and was at fault here when I felt like I had acted in the most responsible manner possible. Witch... Anyway, I got out of the cafe and back to the topless beach.. what the hell was I doing on the computer anyway?
So, long story to simply make the point that it is very much a grey area and it shouldn't be up to the most recent user to clear the tracks of the previous users. I think the best solution would have public terminals implemented with software to help limit what information is stored from a person's use as there could be very valuable information that people could leave open for nefarious purposes.
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