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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f ... joint.html

Quote:
Social networking sites provide a "potential gold mine" of information for criminals, with many users unwittingly publishing their addresses, and full details of where they are and their holiday plans.
A survey of 50 former criminals, undertaken by the insurance company More Than, found that many burglars undertook a considerable amount of research before attempting to steal from people's houses – research that is easier to come by in the age of online social networks.

Duh :oops:
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
Hence the wonderful setting of "friends only". :?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
Linux_User wrote:
Hence the wonderful setting of "friends only". :?

Though Facebook would like us to have the options of friends and burglars only. :D
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:43 pm ]
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I'm curious about how they got so many former criminals to talk to them :?
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
http://pleaserobme.com/
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
The simple point is do not share where you are in case someone is waiting for you to be else where. Look at the numbers of footballers robbed on a saturday afternoon. :D
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
Amnesia10 wrote:
The simple point is do not share where you are in case someone is waiting for you to be else where. Look at the numbers of footballers robbed on a saturday afternoon. :D

Actually, that happens less often than you think - burglars are maybe football fans too :). However there were a spate of robberies in Liverpool (well, Cheshire actually. Nobody with that much cash actually lives in Liverpool) when their players were playing a live televised European competition match on a Tuesday night. Not as likely to be a problem this year :lol:

Jon
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Burglars using Twitter and Facebook to 'case the joint'
I vaguely remember some TV presenter was burgled during a live broadcast. So it happened before Twitter and Facebook.
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