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# Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid
- URL: https://werd.io/thinking-about-taking-your-computer-to-the-repair-shop-be/
- Published: 2022-11-29T00:25:31.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-29T00:25:31.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“Researchers at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, recovered logs from laptops after receiving overnight repairs from 12 commercial shops. The logs showed that technicians from six of the locations had accessed personal data and that two of those shops also copied data onto a personal device. Devices belonging to females were more likely to be snooped on, and that snooping tended to seek more sensitive data, including both sexually revealing and non-sexual pictures, documents, and financial information.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds/)\]