This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into ho...This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too.