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Be Careful! Computer repair service are stealing something from your computer.
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7-22-2007 11:37 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ae951264-52c9-40d2-9437-521abb0aa918/19847224-11BA-4D09-B2F0-AF6BBB9E24DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php" href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php" style="font-size: 11px;">consumerist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php"><H2><A class="top" href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php">VIDEO: Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn From Customer's Computer</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php">The Consumerist's 3-month sting operation snared a <A href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/geek-squad/" title="Posts tagged as geek squad" class="tagautolink">Geek Squad</A> technician stealing <A href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/porn/" title="Posts tagged as porn" class="tagautolink">porn</A> from our hard drive, and we've got the work-safe video <A href="http://consumerist.com/assets/resources/geeksquadlogs.csv">and logfiles</A> to prove it. <P><STRONG>UPDATE</STRONG>: <A href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/why-were-not-telling-geek-squad-ceo-who-was-the-porn-stealing-agent-275398.php">Why We're Not Telling Geek Squad CEO Which Agent Stole The Porn</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php">This is not just an isolated incident, according to reports from Geek Squad insiders alleging that Geek Squad techs are stealing porn, images, and music from customer's <A href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/computers/" title="Posts tagged as computers" class="tagautolink">computers</A> in California, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php"><P>If our techie readers were right about the Geek Squad doing this, then perhaps they're right in saying <A href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/geek-squad/were-always-looking-for-porn-on-customers-computers-techies-confirm-257309.php">it happens at other computer repair places</A> as well.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/consumer/investigations/video-consumerist-catches-geek-squad-stealing-porn-from-customers-computer-271963.php"><P>We advise encrypting sensitive files in advance with a program like TrueCrypt (WIN) or making an <A href="http://blog.gkaindl.com/2007/06/04/mac-tip-encrypted-storage/">encrypted disk image</A> (MAC, be sure to skip step 6). 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