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Some random thoughts on this...
The advice in this hint isn't bad, but it's more than a little paranoid, and it seems to overlook the fact that if someone else has physical access to your machine, they can more or less do anything they want with it -- mount in firewire target mode and browse the full filesystem, put the hard drive in another computer and browse it that way, etc. A lot of these steps are a lot of work that won't really get you around that problem. That said, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The people doing these repairs are extremely busy, and generally won't have time (or interest) in poking around on your hard drive in the first place, unless they're trying to reproduce a problem. It's a bit like having to get undressed for the doctor at a physical exam -- it isn't a sexual thing for the doctor, they've seen it all before and are not really interested in you, they're just quickly checking for problems before moving on to the next patient. Here's what I'd suggest instead:
As for the specific suggestions given, some thoughts:
Above all, keep in mind that these people are trying to help you, and if you make it difficult for them to do their job, either by being antagonistic about the data or the passwords or what have you, you're mainly just making it slower and harder for them to help you. Paranoia has a place, but keep things in perspective -- the main thing you want is to get back a working computer as quickly as possible, and the main thing the technicians want is to finish your repair as quickly as possible so that they can move on to the next customer. (By the way, I've written all of this in an abstract way, as it should mostly all apply regardless of who you're having work on your computer -- Apple, CompUSA, Geek Squad, the independent shop in your town, whatever.) --- |
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