I'm sorry that happened. I agree, it sucks and people should have better respect for others' privacy and boundaries. Unfortunately, I think sometimes family members tend to assume it's okay for them to snoop on other family members or otherwise overstep boundaries just because they're family. Some of mine went through my stuff when I was living at home, threw out or donated a bunch of stuff I still wanted and used, and helped themselves to some of my other things. I don't think they meant anything by it and just assumed I wouldn't mind or that they were doing me a favor (they thought "reorganizing" my stuff would be a nice "surprise", but they got rid of things, too), but I HATED it.
Is there a way you could password protect your laptop? Not sure if you would get in trouble for that if you live in a strict household in which you have limited to no privacy, but another alternative could be hiding the files in a very hard to find spot, assuming your family isn't super tech savvy.
that moment when my family invaded my privacy.
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I'm sorry that happened. I agree, it sucks and people should have better respect for others' privacy and boundaries. Unfortunately, I think sometimes family members tend to assume it's okay for them to snoop on other family members or otherwise overstep boundaries just because they're family. Some of mine went through my stuff when I was living at home, threw out or donated a bunch of stuff I still wanted and used, and helped themselves to some of my other things. I don't think they meant anything by it and just assumed I wouldn't mind or that they were doing me a favor (they thought "reorganizing" my stuff would be a nice "surprise", but they got rid of things, too), but I HATED it.
Is there a way you could password protect your laptop? Not sure if you would get in trouble for that if you live in a strict household in which you have limited to no privacy, but another alternative could be hiding the files in a very hard to find spot, assuming your family isn't super tech savvy.