Personal Secuerity – Social Networking Safety Could Prevent Burglary
December 10, 2011 by Steve
Filed under Social Networking Safety
Article by Mark Lowry
As the popularity of social media networking grows, so do the dangers and consequences. Recently I learned of a very interesting story about a frequent “Tweeter” who had his house subsequently burglarized after a revealing post. The man announced on the social networking service Twitter that he was going to be away from home for a period of time because he was going on vacation. His “Finally going on vacation!” post didn’t just excite him. His Twitter account was configured to also do a status update on his Facebook, which has no shortage of community members willing to share virtually everything about themselves.
It hasn’t been proven that there’s a connection between the information he shared with potentially tens of thousands of people. It could be a random event that coincidentally lined up with his updated status on those two popular social networking websites. However, the point wasn’t lost on me that many burglars will stop at nothing to burglarize homes. I have no doubt there are professional burglars taking advantage of na
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