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  • July 5, 2011 at 8:09 PM #18917
    evolusd
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    We have two young children and were referred a new babysitter by a girl who had watched our kids consistently over the past 9 mos (loved her, but she moved back to the east coast).

    The first night the new girl came over to babysit, she was nice enough and seemed to jive with the kids. We told her how to work the TV b/c the kids go to sleep well before we were expected home. After we got home and she was preparing to leave, we gave her the password to our WIFI and told her if she wants to bring her laptop she can surf the web/do homework after the kids go to sleep. She said OK.

    After she left, my wife turned on her laptop and noticed that it had been used (babysitter’s email was in the login box of Facebook) and the history revealed she’d used her laptop to browse the web a bit. She made sure to shut it back down after use and put it back exactly where she found it on a shelf under the coffee table (not exactly out in the open, but not hidden either).

    I’m very non-confrontational, but find this to be stepping over the privacy line a bit. There’s quite a bit of personal information on a person’s computer – I don’t view it the same as TV. Although, I would likely not bring it up.

    Do you think it needs to be addressed, or just live and learn and password protect our computer?

    July 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM #707489
    afx114
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    You babysitter was probably just checking her Facebook and chatting with her friends. Maybe checking Piggington. It’s sketchy that she did it without your permission, but she probably just wanted to do what most babysitter types do on their computers. I doubt most babysitters are out to steal your private information.

    That said, all of your computers should be password protected, especially laptops and even desktops. Even if they never leave the house. It’s an added layer of protection if they ever get stolen (or if prying babysitter eyes want to hack your shit).

    You can add a basic non-password protected guest account if you want guests to be able to use your computers.

    Yah, having to enter your password is an annoying 5 seconds added to the boot process, but 5 seconds of time is worth the piece of mind for me.

    July 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM #708702
    afx114
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    You babysitter was probably just checking her Facebook and chatting with her friends. Maybe checking Piggington. It’s sketchy that she did it without your permission, but she probably just wanted to do what most babysitter types do on their computers. I doubt most babysitters are out to steal your private information.

    That said, all of your computers should be password protected, especially laptops and even desktops. Even if they never leave the house. It’s an added layer of protection if they ever get stolen (or if prying babysitter eyes want to hack your shit).

    You can add a basic non-password protected guest account if you want guests to be able to use your computers.

    Yah, having to enter your password is an annoying 5 seconds added to the boot process, but 5 seconds of time is worth the piece of mind for me.

    July 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM #708338
    afx114
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    You babysitter was probably just checking her Facebook and chatting with her friends. Maybe checking Piggington. It’s sketchy that she did it without your permission, but she probably just wanted to do what most babysitter types do on their computers. I doubt most babysitters are out to steal your private information.

    That said, all of your computers should be password protected, especially laptops and even desktops. Even if they never leave the house. It’s an added layer of protection if they ever get stolen (or if prying babysitter eyes want to hack your shit).

    You can add a basic non-password protected guest account if you want guests to be able to use your computers.

    Yah, having to enter your password is an annoying 5 seconds added to the boot process, but 5 seconds of time is worth the piece of mind for me.

    July 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM #708186
    afx114
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    You babysitter was probably just checking her Facebook and chatting with her friends. Maybe checking Piggington. It’s sketchy that she did it without your permission, but she probably just wanted to do what most babysitter types do on their computers. I doubt most babysitters are out to steal your private information.

    That said, all of your computers should be password protected, especially laptops and even desktops. Even if they never leave the house. It’s an added layer of protection if they ever get stolen (or if prying babysitter eyes want to hack your shit).

    You can add a basic non-password protected guest account if you want guests to be able to use your computers.

    Yah, having to enter your password is an annoying 5 seconds added to the boot process, but 5 seconds of time is worth the piece of mind for me.

    July 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM #707586
    afx114
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    You babysitter was probably just checking her Facebook and chatting with her friends. Maybe checking Piggington. It’s sketchy that she did it without your permission, but she probably just wanted to do what most babysitter types do on their computers. I doubt most babysitters are out to steal your private information.

    That said, all of your computers should be password protected, especially laptops and even desktops. Even if they never leave the house. It’s an added layer of protection if they ever get stolen (or if prying babysitter eyes want to hack your shit).

    You can add a basic non-password protected guest account if you want guests to be able to use your computers.

    Yah, having to enter your password is an annoying 5 seconds added to the boot process, but 5 seconds of time is worth the piece of mind for me.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM #707591
    SD Realtor
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    I would have a problem with it in a big way. Giving someone permission to use specified electronics is fine. If the computer is in the list of items that okay, if not then to me I would definitely bring it up and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM #708707
    SD Realtor
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    I would have a problem with it in a big way. Giving someone permission to use specified electronics is fine. If the computer is in the list of items that okay, if not then to me I would definitely bring it up and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM #707494
    SD Realtor
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    I would have a problem with it in a big way. Giving someone permission to use specified electronics is fine. If the computer is in the list of items that okay, if not then to me I would definitely bring it up and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM #708191
    SD Realtor
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    I would have a problem with it in a big way. Giving someone permission to use specified electronics is fine. If the computer is in the list of items that okay, if not then to me I would definitely bring it up and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM #708343
    SD Realtor
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    I would have a problem with it in a big way. Giving someone permission to use specified electronics is fine. If the computer is in the list of items that okay, if not then to me I would definitely bring it up and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM #707611
    bluehairdave
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    That would be a huge NO NO for me but then again I could hear my wife saying something like. “help yourself to ANYTHING you need in the house. Our home is your home” and then be surprised when someone actually takes the advice and uses some of our stuff….

    just saying.. A computer is like someones wallet….but maybe there was a miscommunication.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM #708727
    bluehairdave
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    That would be a huge NO NO for me but then again I could hear my wife saying something like. “help yourself to ANYTHING you need in the house. Our home is your home” and then be surprised when someone actually takes the advice and uses some of our stuff….

    just saying.. A computer is like someones wallet….but maybe there was a miscommunication.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM #708363
    bluehairdave
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    That would be a huge NO NO for me but then again I could hear my wife saying something like. “help yourself to ANYTHING you need in the house. Our home is your home” and then be surprised when someone actually takes the advice and uses some of our stuff….

    just saying.. A computer is like someones wallet….but maybe there was a miscommunication.

    July 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM #708211
    bluehairdave
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    That would be a huge NO NO for me but then again I could hear my wife saying something like. “help yourself to ANYTHING you need in the house. Our home is your home” and then be surprised when someone actually takes the advice and uses some of our stuff….

    just saying.. A computer is like someones wallet….but maybe there was a miscommunication.

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