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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am
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Location: Wiltshire
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I am very conscious of what is online. I do not use twitter for those purposes. I also do not always answer my phone when home so that is not a great indicator of if I am at home.
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
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Seen the site? http://pleaserobme.com/Glad I don’t play that game, but I am generally careful about what I post on Twitter.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Of course you do need to know where these people live in order to rob them. 
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
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Location: Belfast
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If they tweet from home on a mobile device that has geotagging enabled (and there's a lot of people that do this) it's not that hard to work out. Mark
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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The site was on Buzz Out Loud last night and heavily tweeted and buzzed yesterday.
As others have said, I tend not to reveal my location, although it is generally pretty obvious, when one is talking about work things, that one is probably in the office...
I disable the location awareness on my Twitter clients.
But it is amazing the number who do give out their location. I don't know about robbing people, it makes stalking easy as well. Add in Buzz's feature of buzzing all messages sent by people "near" your location, whether you are following them/know them or not...
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
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It's not just Buzz. My iPhone Twitter app can pull up a google map with everyone around me that has tweeted recently regardless if I follow them or they follow me. Mark
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Actually if you are like normal if you talk work things during work hours that is pretty much a hint that you are not at home as well.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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Unless you can and do work from home.... _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Not everyone is in that situation, plus people who know you will still be at a loss as to where you really are. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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