Lockbox Secrets

Imagine that everyone could read everyone else's mind. Every single thought, idea, and daydream would be available for everyone to see.

Scary, right? That's why we have lockboxes. You can put thoughts in there, and nobody can see it except for you.

Oh, and us. Most of the people in my generation have the ability to look in people's lockboxes. We don't do it for kicks, though. We work for the government, searching for large scale criminals.

Sure, it's a dangerous job, but we're protected by the IBS, nobody dares hurt us. Most of the time.

This is my entry for SciFriday, challenge number nineteen.
You can see the challenge here:
https://www.wattpad.com/151372538-scifi-competitions-challenge-19-it-all-started