Fresh docs detail 10-year link between Geek Squad informers and Feds

Found on The Register on Wednesday, 07 March 2018
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US tech retailer Best Buy has always denied having a relationship with the Feds, but the documents reveal frequent contact between them, including a 2008 guided tour of the companies largest repair facility in Kentucky.

EFF obtained the files because it is concerned that having computer repair people conduct searches for evidence could violate Fourth Amendment rights on unwarranted search and seizure.

Even if you do not have anything illegal on your PC, it should still make you feel uncomfortable to know that strangers look through all your personal data, including images, videos, documents and whatever else they can find. Who knows how much of that gets copied into "personal collections".