In an article I read recently titled "Exposed: the PC repair shops that rifle through your photos and passwords", I do not want to say I was surprised (as very little surprises me), but I was disturbed by their findings:

[After repairing the machine, the technician] then begins browsing through our hard drive. A folder marked 'Private' is opened and he flicks through our researcher's holiday photographs, including intimate snaps of her wearing a bikini. He stares at picture after picture, stopping only to show them to colleagues.[...]After more snooping, he logs off. But a few hours later, another technician boots our machine. He also begins searching our hard drive until he finds log-in details for our Facebook and Hotmail accounts. With a cackle he removes a memory stick from around his neck, plugs it in and then copies them across.

Wow. Not really much else to add here.Of course, this does not apply to all PC repair shops, but these types of things do happen. Much like lawyers, mechanics, and doctors have a stereotype of overcharging / ripping people off, PC repair may be in danger of being labeled the same way.I know a lot of readers do PC repair work, so I am curious what you think about this.