Who is fixing your computer?  If your answer was anything except
for “me”, you might want to ask yourself a couple of questions:
1. Have I ever left my PC filled with personal information with
somebody I don’t trust?  2. Have I ever left my PC filled with
personal information with somebody I trust, but I shouldn’t?  3.
Have I ever left my PC filled with personal information with
somebody I trust, and I think I should? (you shouldn’t)  If you
answered “Yes” to any of these questions, your data was (most
probably) compromised. Yes, your chat logs, your pictures, your
other kind of pictures, your web history, perhaps even
passwords.  “BUT NO!”, you say! “I protected my files, they were
in a secret folder somewhere. I also hid them.”  Sure, that
could work. And for the most part could even be enough if your
PC is being fixed by someone who’s fixing 100 computers per day
and couldn’t be bothered. But if it’s your friend? They sure do
have the time. They also know a lot more about computers than
you because otherw