Geek Squad Will Steal Your Pr0n

It seems like our digital privacy is under increasing attack lately, whether it's the U.S. Border Patrol searching your electronic items for WMD's or the computer repair guys stealing your "adult entertainment".  A number of former Geek Squad employees have admitted to viewing and copying images and other digital content from computers brought in for service, after a lawsuit was filed against the company because an anonymous Geek Squad-er wrote to a consumer advocacy group bragging about similar activities.  Said that mystery employee - "If you have any interesting pictures of yourself or others on your computer, they -- will -- be -- found."  Actions and admissions like this can further damage the credibility of all computer repair shops, and may in fact push more consumers to explore the DIY market.

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chavalcito on May 5, 2008 10:45PM Geek Squad gets picked on as it is so large and well known. It is obviously the practice of individuals that have done this, not the company. I doubt that they are the only ones that have had this happen, and no matter what protections are put in place, someone will still choose to do their own thing anyway. I'll bet that the "mom and pop" PC repair places are even worse as they don't have as many checks in place and are not under as much scrutiny as Geek Squad and Firedog, for example. reply to this