Whenever you're using a shared facility, you have to realize that everybody has access to your data, including your competitors. It's your duty to protect your data. I often hear students complaining that people viewed their SEM images on a shared PC or that their macro code was *stolen*.
If you have proprietary code that you must use on shared machines or if you have data images which you wouldn't want to see ending up on some other research group's PC, then my advice is to encrypt your data.
A nice encryption software that I use is AxCrypt. I even requested some systems administrators/ dedicated staff to install it on PCs where I've written a lot of proprietary code for running tools or where I have a lot of confidential data.
This advice is relevant especially if you are funded by the Air Force Research Labs, ARO, DARPA or any other defense funding agencies. You do not want your data to be floating around!
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