On 2017-12-03 12:28 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote:
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nospam wrote:

In article , Anonymous
wrote:


you'd buy an open box from them?

Not on your life.

The only way I'd do that is replace the hard drive and melt the
old one.

paranoia is crippling. seek help.

do you really think best buy installs spyware on every open box item?

They install security software on every demo PC. It logs
everything. Supposedly they "remove" it after they box it back
up to sell, but who knows what it leaves behind?

Cite, please...


what makes you think they don't *also* do that to new computers?

Because all it would take is one customer posting evidence of it
for the lawsuits to begin.

All it takes here is for you to provide some actual evidence.


what about routers and home security cameras?

They aren't that smart.

So.. ...like you, then?


is it just best buy or other stores too?

This incident was just Best Buy, but who knows.

What "incident"?


anyway, the biggest problem is it might have been set up by the
previous owner. reformat/reinstall and start over. no big deal.