Actually, when you turn your computer or hard drive over to someone to repair it, you are giving consent for them to view anything contained therein.
Too bad for Mr. Clean-up, but the Geek Squad did what they were suppose to do - notify the authorities if anything illegal was found on a computer. In this case, the computer was a container.
Yo also lose the right when yo cross the border - it is totally legal to conduct a warrantless search of computer files at the US border.
(I just completed a class in Computer crime & legal issues - taught by an FBI guy. Very interesting class)
If our computer has died, and we need to do a retrieval, who do you recommend we take it to (who won’t pry), and how is the actual retrieval done (if our computer is dead)?