Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn

mekane8 writes "Consumer-advocate blog Consumerist ran a sting operation to catch a Best Buy Geek Squad member searching for and stealing media files from a customer's computer. The article includes the story with screen captures and a video of the technician's actions. From that piece: 'Reached for comment, Geek Squad CEO Robert Stephens expressed desire to launch an internal investigation and said, "If this is true, it's an isolated incident and grounds for termination of the Agent involved." 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 computers in California, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere. Our sources say that some Geek Squad locations have a common computer set up where everyone dumps their plunder to share with the other technicians.' A related story from a former Geek Squad employee details the decline of the Geek Squad and Best Buy ethics in general."

Comments

Re:Whoa... whatever happened to 'it's not stealing

[clubhi]

Dear Stupid, You are mixing two different issues here. You see, you have your copyright crap over here... and then you got your privacy crap over here... lets keep our crap separate for argument sake.

Re:I've done it.

[Vellmont]

This was some time ago (read: long enough ago that the statute of limitations applies)

The statute of limitations may have run out, but the statute of douchebaggery is quite a bit longer. Copying ANYTHING from someones computer and keeping it is just plain wrong in my view. I'm not even talking about copyright here, just general snooping and invasion of privacy.

Re:The decline of ethics?????

[_Sprocket_]

How do we prepare our youth for their adult lives when they see society's role models, government officials, sports superstars, members of the church, etc... committing breaches of ethics on a daily basis? By holding up these role models as examples of how not to behave. They also make good object lessons of why one does not have blind trust. And they might even make a good example of how even people who we might admire are also be human; fallible and prone to temptation. You might also, with a little effort, find that there ARE other examples of people behaving better.

I don't know how you were brought up but "everybody's doing it" never worked for me as a kid. It doesn't hold much sway with me today.

Re:That must be how...

[smoker2]

Huh? The moment you looked in the folder - you proved you had neither morals or ethics. You turned him in in an attempt to make yourself feel better and to make up for your failure.

You are an idiot.
Did you read the sentence where he said that it is illegal *not* to report such a matter ?
If a petty thief witnesses a murder while casing a joint, should they stay quiet because they shouldn't have been there in the first place ?

You prove yourself untrustworthy by snooping - and then you blame the community for treating you as untrustworthy?

Surely, the very fact that he did report the matter shows that there is some good in everybody, and therefore hope. Or should we just bang up every petty criminal or maybe cut their hands off ?
I repeat, you are an idiot.