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AIBU to be a little annoyed that the computer shop watched a series on my laptop?

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JetTail · 19/02/2022 19:54

A couple of weeks ago I spilt a drink over my laptop. I dropped it into a computer repair shop. I collected it yesterday. They had asked for my password to access the laptop (it wouldn't turn on when I dropped it in).
When I collected it, the man showed that it was working and my browser opened up which has pages which open up automatically. I was a little concerned as 2 of the pages are my email accounts, one of which I use for day to day stuff and the other which I use for work related emails and financial emails. Nothing too traumatic that they might have found but they would have automatically been logged in and the other pages that automatically opens up are Facebook and Amazon.
However, today, I was looking for something to watch on Amazon Prime and found a series. Every episode has been watched.

AIBU to be fucking peeved that these fuckers obviously used my Prime account to watch a series?
It's one of these little phone/computer shops. Not a chain or anything.
I'm trying not to be annoyed and to tell myself that no harm was done and at least if they were watching some programmes (12 episodes), then they probably were not snooping through my emails.

OP posts:
Electriq · 22/02/2022 07:46

Ita unprofessional, like someone fitting a bathroom then taking a bath, or delivering a bed and then sleeping in it.
They've gone into your personal, private account on your private laptop.
If you go on your account on a Web page, click the cog then watch list it will show you what has been watched and when

ImInStealthMode · 22/02/2022 07:48

@Ogel Commenting on them is inappropriate, but part of checking that everything is working is to open the camera roll and skim through top to bottom to cheap for missing or broken files.

Again, how do people expect their devices to be fixed but the technicians not to actually look at them during the process?

Ogel · 22/02/2022 07:57

[quote ImInStealthMode]@Ogel Commenting on them is inappropriate, but part of checking that everything is working is to open the camera roll and skim through top to bottom to cheap for missing or broken files.

Again, how do people expect their devices to be fixed but the technicians not to actually look at them during the process?

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It depends on what is wrong with it, in some cases nope there's no need at all to look through someone's camera roll. Same with a laptop, depending what is wrong with it there's not a default need to scroll through someone's photos to check it's repaired satisfactorily or input their passwords into apps and websites to check it works.

buckeejit · 22/02/2022 11:28

What have you lost?

52andblue · 22/02/2022 13:53

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Lou98 · 22/02/2022 19:49

@Electriq

Ita unprofessional, like someone fitting a bathroom then taking a bath, or delivering a bed and then sleeping in it. They've gone into your personal, private account on your private laptop. If you go on your account on a Web page, click the cog then watch list it will show you what has been watched and when

The OP has done this and the watch list isn't showing anything while it was with the repair shop - she's making massive assumptions and unwilling to admit she may have jumped to conclusions

nancybotwinbloom · 22/02/2022 20:04

I really wouldn't be bothered. They've watched a series on your lap top before you picked it up.

So what.

Maybe they were testing it was working ok.

I really wouldn't of thought anything other than "was it any good"

CliantheLang · 22/02/2022 23:06

Anybody who knows anything about computers knows how to use a torrent client. Using Amazon Prime (and someone else's at that) is the sign of a rank amateur.

figtrees · 23/02/2022 00:59

The hysteria here is unbelievable.

If op didn't want to give her password, she could have easily said no.

They probably wanted to test the device in not only the simplest way but also in a way that would represent the laptop performing normal functions.

A good way to do that is to leave something running for a prolonged period of time. The last thing the business wants is to return an item as fixed, having only turned it on and off. Then as soon as op gets it home and starts watching whatever on amazon it overheats.

I can't believe how stupid and bloody minded these responses are.

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