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Please Rob Me....

by Jagged
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There is a website out there that posts tweets from twitter users. Now that in itself is not unusual....but this website posts are directed at those who post on twitter that they are not at home...

We've all seen them...the tweets like: "I just got to the mall" or I'm at Tony's Pizza having a calzone" or "just touched own in New Orleans, will be here all week". This website posts these tweets for all to see...including those looking to rob you.

They say at the bottom of the site that "Our intention is not, and never has been, to have people burglarized"....

What other purpose is there that this information can be used?

Just be carfefull out the folks.....what you say online...as innocent as it may seem, can come back to haunt you...

Here's a video from MSNBC on it...
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by Jagged View Post

    What other purpose is there that this information can be used?

    Just be carfefull out the folks.....what you say online...as innocent as it may seem, can come back to haunt you...
    That's what they're saying.

    Most people think when they tweet, they're tweeting their followers.

    Nope. You're tweeting everyone.

    It's not a private conversation. It's on the public timeline. You can make your tweets private, and if you're going to say stuff like this, you should.

    Because anyone, anywhere, can write something like this to search through the timeline and find your stuff. And these people are not thinking "I want to rob THAT PERSON," they're thinking "I want to rob SOMEONE."

    Most people don't understand just how different those two things are.
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    • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      And these people are not thinking "I want to rob THAT PERSON," they're thinking "I want to rob SOMEONE."

      Most people don't understand just how different those two things are.
      I agree those two things are different, but I have been told by law enforcement folks that something like 80% of home break-ins are done by people who know the home occupants.

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      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
        Originally Posted by Killer Joe View Post

        I agree those two things are different, but I have been told by law enforcement folks that something like 80% of home break-ins are done by people who know the home occupants.
        Which logically enough means you shouldn't even say stuff like this on a private Twitter feed, because those people are probably following you anyway.
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        • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
          Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

          Which logically enough means you shouldn't even say stuff like this on a private Twitter feed, because those people are probably following you anyway.
          Totally agree.

          I'm going shopping now...:p

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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
        Originally Posted by Killer Joe View Post

        I agree those two things are different, but I have been told by law enforcement folks that something like 80% of home break-ins are done by people who know the home occupants.

        KJ
        that would make sense. no robber wants to chance breaking into a house that has nothing in it or maybe has a heavily armed occupant.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    Originally Posted by Jagged View Post

    There is a website out there that posts tweets from twitter users. Now that in itself is not unusual....but this website posts are directed at those who post on twitter that they are not at home...

    We've all seen them...the tweets like: "I just got to the mall" or I'm at Tony's Pizza having a calzone" or "just touched own in New Orleans, will be here all week". This website posts these tweets for all to see...including those looking to rob you.

    They say at the bottom of the site that "Our intention is not, and never has been, to have people burglarized"....

    What other purpose is there that this information can be used?

    Just be carfefull out the folks.....what you say online...as innocent as it may seem, can come back to haunt you...

    Here's a video from MSNBC on it...
    msnbc.com Video Player
    a lot of people have got twitter apps on their smart phone and its tweeting and they may not know it. everytime they walk by a starbucks, mcdonalds, library, any place with a free open wifi connection, the app tweets 'im at the mcdonalds on 24th and 3rd' (or wherever' 'and i've been here for xxxx' amount of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author awmi
    I am very wary of what I post online. I shudder at some of the personal family pictures that people post without much thought.
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