Unfortunately I do a lot of assassination missions so I can get the pinion plume, the curses, and the voca's all in one mission, So I loot everything, search everything (in an attempt to find that cursed grimoire ghost book for the whispers). This is how I came across that computer in a non netra cell mission.
Personally I think its a horrible idea. There is only one computer in the entire mission that has this "search" on it when you approach it. You're likely to end up searching just as long for the computer as long as it takes to find the whisper grimoire book... DE should do like they did with Kahl's missions, mark it on the mini map or expanded map with some type of indicator, maybe not a loot indicator, but something like the stock marker. It's frustrating not being able to locate it on the mini map/extended map. I sometimes spend an hour soloing (since most people just rush thru the mission for the main objective) assassination missions just trying to find the whisper book.
Thank you guys for assisting in trying to figure out what this computer might be there for.