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Geek squad works for the FBI
#27280353 - 04/24/21 11:46 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Geek Squad actively seeks out information on laptops and phones they are entrusted with and relays that information to the FBI. There have been stories of geek squad accusing people of pedophilia only to find out it was just porn. The FBI pays them bounty money = incentive to lie.
Unfortunately I found all this out too late after I got suspicious of them. They had my computer for 6-8 weeks. I couldnt wipe it because it was stuck on the BIOS screen. They were to fix the harddrive. My google account is now telling me someone signed into my GOOGLE with a Linux machine on a date that had it. What horseshit. Id really like to sue. long story short word to the wise friendsdontletfriendsusegeeksquad
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI *DELETED* [Re: Broof]
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: ButtFace]
#27282150 - 04/26/21 01:34 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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And after Geek Squad were shown to be fabricating malware infections to scam people, paid millions in fines and restitution, and people still keep trusting them with their computers.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: Northerner]
#27283025 - 04/26/21 06:06 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Before sending a computer for repairs always use something like DBAN(https://dban.org/) to wipe out all HDDs from system with specialized software which makes almost impossible to recover.
Download and burn the iso, insert the disk, reboot from CD, and you are ready to go.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: fungusul]
#27283289 - 04/26/21 11:01 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Geek squad has been known to act as government agents for about a decade now, it's not really new but people keep using the service because the name sticks and it's what the tech-illiterate remember.
Skip all the fancy stuff, just remove the harddrive(s). There is always the chance they may solder in a USB RF bug or flash in a virus but I doubt it. If someone needs to avoid those attacks then they better invest in checking over their own hardware before building a computer. The NSA was and probably still is bugging consumer hardware for the last decade or two as well.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: DancingWolf]
#27284221 - 04/27/21 06:51 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Removing hard disks is the safest option if you can do it.
If you have solid state drives(SSD), then you should try to remove them since erasing software cannot properly erase them.
Most of the people using such services have no knowledge of computer hardware. Sometimes removing them can be tricky especially in slim laptops and requires specialized tools. Some laptops come with them mounted in most unusual places(require taking out multiple parts to access them) or soldered to motherboard. Also opening laptops will void the warranty.
In such cases, there is a need to use software like DBAN. Unless you send your laptop to NSA, so you are forced to choose advanced overwrite algorithms, then it's one-enter-key-does-all .
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: fungusul]
#27285386 - 04/28/21 04:35 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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I don't recall ever seeing a laptop that didn't have the hard drive readily accessible and removable, same with the modem card and some memory. There are user accessible panels, then there is disassembly.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: DancingWolf]
#27285458 - 04/28/21 05:34 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fungusul is right in that one mate. There's a lot of machines that are clamshell and full of glue and clips and stuff, difficult for the inexperienced and unequipped to access any part of the internals.
I fucked up a good amount of machines to varying degrees because of this in the past.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: Broof]
#27288239 - 04/30/21 07:26 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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Broof said: My google account is now telling me someone signed into my GOOGLE with a Linux machine on a date that had it.
did you have your password saved to the computer? you should be using a password manager if this is a concern to you and not your browsers remember password feature, anon showed me how you can inspect element, delete a element, and poof the ******** becomes hunter2
If it was geeksquad I dont think there is any special reason they needed GNU/Linux to do it, as far as I know they could just do what I listed above, or copy/paste your browser profile
did Google give you an IP address along with the OS information? I had my reddit password the same as my reddit username, and reddit logs IP's and someone from Russia logged on to my reddit, unless it was a cray cray hacker spoofing his IP
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: DancingWolf]
#27288509 - 04/30/21 11:40 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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DancingWolf said: I don't recall ever seeing a laptop that didn't have the hard drive readily accessible and removable, same with the modem card and some memory. There are user accessible panels, then there is disassembly.
I've seen many, more and more these days, and there's one such Dell in my lap right now. Not a single access panel. You have to remove the bottom housing, the display bezel, the keyboard, and some shielding to get to any of that.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: stubb]
#27288644 - 05/01/21 03:52 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think the macbook air has these parts soldered in, my Lenovo T440s needs the bottom housing removed
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: ButtFace]
#27289007 - 05/01/21 10:41 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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ButtFace said: I think since 2006, all major manufacturers install backdoors in the hardware for government spying. Most operating systems are just as intrusive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine
Purism disables it in their laptops, System76 is going to start disabling soon in their computers
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: gopher]
#27290410 - 05/02/21 12:59 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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I wonder about Apple's new chip.
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: laughingdog]
#27290421 - 05/02/21 01:05 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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laughingdog said: I wonder about Apple's new chip.
Whether it's good in bed or makes coffee well?
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: Northerner]
#27290439 - 05/02/21 01:18 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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backdoors
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: laughingdog]
#27290681 - 05/02/21 04:26 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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backdoors
So bed?
I dont know about the M1 chip, I think its an ARM chip, but it really osnt matter whats in the chip if you are unning MacOs
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: gopher]
#27293618 - 05/04/21 09:25 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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gopher said: .... I dont know about the M1 chip, I think its an ARM chip, but it really osnt matter whats in the chip if you are unning MacOs
I presume you refer to Big Sur and this: https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/15/big-sur-telling-apple-what-app-youve-opened-isnt-a-security-or-privacy-issue
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: laughingdog]
#27293893 - 05/04/21 11:59 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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gopher said: .... I dont know about the M1 chip, I think its an ARM chip, but it really osnt matter whats in the chip if you are unning MacOs
I presume you refer to Big Sur and this: https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/15/big-sur-telling-apple-what-app-youve-opened-isnt-a-security-or-privacy-issue
I talking about proprietary software in general, like 6 years ago, way before Big Sur my friend left her Macbook Air at my house, so I was using it in my living room, and I put it on the table and started watching TV, and my router is underneath the tv and I noticed it flashing like crazy, nothing was open on the Macbook, so I pick it back up, and google something like "how to tell what IP you are connected to in BASH' and I type in the command and it spits out an IP address, I plug it into an IP finder and it comes up as a California IP, then I scroll down more and it says ISP: Apple, the fricken thing was phoning home
theres only two options with software, either the user controls the program, or the program controls the user, the former is Free Software, the latter is proprietary/user-subjugating software
anyways after I caught the Macbook phoning home I stopped dual-booting Windows and GNU/Linux, and started running solely GNU/Linux
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Re: Geek squad works for the FBI [Re: gopher]
#27293987 - 05/04/21 01:15 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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gopher said: .... anyways after I caught the Macbook phoning home I stopped dual-booting Windows and GNU/Linux, and started running solely GNU/Linux

thanks for the details
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