-pops- Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/S..._Personal_Files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I am not in the least surprised, given the moral standards that are prevalent in the country these days. Television programs like big brother, many of the soap operas etc, and examples set by sports stars politicians etc, all undermine moral standards. Grab grab grab seems to me to be the norm. OK, I am an old fogey, but I much prefer my attitudes to many that are prevalent today. I cannot even cheat at a game of bowls. On more than one occasion an opponent has been quite happy to offer me the point or points after we have both bowled, but having been in engineering all my working life, and being a good judge of distance, rather than take the points I recommend a measure, and am usually right, that indeed my opponent has won the end. If a shop assistant gives me too much change, I much prefer to give it back rather than accept it. Some would call me a fool, but at least I sleep with a clear conscience at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 The pictures seem to suggest Laptop Revival is a spy organisation "outsourced" from Pakistan to London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Schemes like this will get worse with the recession and with rising unemployment :( I would think twice before using a repair shop as I bank online and do online shopping :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 On the plus side for illegally accessing personal data on customers' hard drives ......... don't forget that in November 1997 the infamous Gary Glitter was arrested after child pornography images were discovered on the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop that he had taken to the Bristol Cribbs Causeway branch of PC World for repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 On the plus side for illegally accessing personal data on customers' hard drives ......... don't forget that in November 1997 the infamous Gary Glitter was arrested after child pornography images were discovered on the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop that he had taken to the Bristol Cribbs Causeway branch of PC World for repair.Yes I forgot about that.In that case PC hacking was good as it made a conviction possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilio123 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I would think twice before using a repair shop as I bank online and do online shopping.I agree with you...think twice before using it....I was shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I would think twice before using a repair shop as I bank online and do online shopping.I agree with you...think twice before using it....I was shockedSeems pretty basic to me to keep any such pass words and log ons separate and away from the computer. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I would think twice before using a repair shop as I bank online and do online shopping.I agree with you...think twice before using it....I was shockedSeems pretty basic to me to keep any such pass words and log ons separate and away from the computer. :DIf you know how you can probably find them on the computer if they have been used, windows keeps everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Grab grab grab seems to me to be the norm. OK, I am an old fogey, but I much prefer my attitudes to many that are prevalent today.You're not at all an old fogey, andsome. These standards are what keep the world going & trust between people. Recently I stopped in a sleepy little village in Sri Lanka for a cup of tea & a snack where the people were obviously quite poor. I went back to the van and we started to drive off. Just then the man in the tea shop came hurrying out of his shop towards us. He came up to the van window and handed me my wallet which I'd left on the seat in his tea shop. I was very touched by his honesty.A far cry from the dishonesty mentioned in the SkyNews item & the dishonesty of politicians all over the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahwillow Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Blahh, This is really disgustingly:"Some computer repair shops are illegally accessing personal data on customers' hard drives - and even trying to hack their bank accounts, a Sky News investigation has found...."and it continues:n one case, passwords, log-in details and holiday photographs were all copied onto a portable memory stick by a technician.In other shops, customers were charged for non-existent work and simple faults were misdiagnosed.An investigator from the Trading Standards Institute said he was "shocked" by the findings.The investigation was carried out using surveillance software loaded onto a brand-new laptop.It operated without the user being aware that every event that took place on the computer was being logged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Blahh, This is really disgustingly:It operated without the user being aware that every event that took place on the computer was being logged.So are you a repair shop sailing under a flag of convenience?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahwillow Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Blahh, This is really disgustingly:It operated without the user being aware that every event that took place on the computer was being logged.So are you a repair shop sailing under a flag of convenience??No :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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