Are Geek Squad agents spying for the FBI?

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Yes, they carry badges and drive black-and-white vehicles. But some Geek Squad agents appear to have taken the “agent” part of their titles a bit too literally.

Best Buy, the consumer-electronics giant that owns the on-call computer-repair service, recently admitted that four employees took money from the FBI after the agency received information from the agents about customers suspected of possessing child pornography. As a result, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco is suing the Justice Department to disclose the extent of the FBI’s relationship with Best Buy. Full Article

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I have repaired computers. There is not one time that I needed to look at photos that were on the drives. Why are they looking at personal photos if they are not hunting. Should a geek find illegal photos, I wonder how many burn their own copies first.

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For some reason this story keeps getting repeated around the internet every month since January. This is the 3rd time for ACSOL.

https://all4consolaws.org/2017/01/best-buy-geek-squad-informant-use-has-fbi-on-defense-in-child-porn-case/

https://all4consolaws.org/2017/03/fbi-used-best-buys-geek-squad-to-increase-secret-public-surveillance/

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I am boycotting Best Buy

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