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Monday, July 09, 2007 10:05 AM PT Posted by Steve Bass

Gotcha! Geek Squad Caught Stealing Porn

In a three-month sting, the Consumerist loaded a PC with porn, set it up with a keylogger, and asked the Geek Squad to install iTunes. Consumerist said the hidden program recorded everything and produced a very revealing video. Watch as the tech pokes around, finds what he wants, and copies files to his flash drive.

You say your PC hasn't a drop of anything you're ashamed of? That's cool. But think about all your passwords, that precious social security number, and all of your credit card numbers...

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Geeksquad?? so these guys don't just like tech stuffs?? but porn as well?? this is news!!

true personal info is a problem.. but who else but those who have no idea about computers will take their computers to these guys.. it's a waste of money.. and unsafe..

unless you are there with them when they fixing it.. if not.. learn some about computers and save yourself some money and troubles by doing it yourself :)

dulun18
July 09, 2007
12:20 PM PT

He who steals my porn steals trash. But he who plants porn and spies on my keystrokes is a really creepy f---er.

Ron White

RomWhite
July 09, 2007
7:44 PM PT

Anyone surprised by this isn't living in the real world.

Nuttysman
July 10, 2007
5:28 AM PT

I think this is a good reason to hire a true IT professional instead of a "geek" that is marketed as someone who wears a silly tie and drives a funny car.

rmtechteam
July 11, 2007
4:18 PM PT
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