Things of relevance

I will preface this by saying this is mostly me venting a pretty akward situation me and my shop was placed in recently.  In working on compters, naturally we are entrusted with very intimate details of people’s lives, be it pictures, movies, browsing history, etc.  While myself and the people I work with never make it a point to invade those areas, we do get exposed to much of it just in the normal course of fixing viruses and other computer problems.  Yesterday, a coworker came across child pornography.  I personally never watched it, but the question I kept asking is this:  On one hand, I want to make sure people like this are brought to justice, but on the other hand, even with nothing illegal on my computer, I would be pretty damn pissed off if I brought it into repair knowing the technician was going to snoop around my computer.  At what point does protecting the innocent and looking out for others become invading people’s privacy.  For those of you that know me, I take great pride in my work, and feel peoples privacy is something that should always be honored.  If this guy is guilty, he should be dealt with, but what if someone else did that to his computer?  What if he truly is innocent?

Part of me is hoping he is guilty so we didn’t accidently ruin someone’s life, but on the other hand, nobody likes being the person responsible for destroying someones life, regardless of whether or not they deserved it. 

Now that that is off my chest, let me know what you think.