This blog post from Brian X. Chen is pretty cool, especially if you’re curious like I am as to how Wired.com discovered who the man behind the lost iPhone in a bar was.

In response to Wired.com’s scoop identifying the finder of the lost iPhone prototype, many have asked me how we did it. The process of uncovering digital footprints to identify Brian Hogan was indeed challenging and enlightening, so I thought I’d tell the story here. Heck, it might even teach police officers a thing or two so they don’t have to kick down doors.

Lesson Here: you can’t run or hide on the all powerful internets!