The solutions recommended in this article are common-sense, especially: "Don't follow people you don't know on social networks and use block others from seeing your profile if you don't know them"
I've been known to post on Facebook when I'm going out of town, but only people on my friends list can see it-and only people I know are on my friends list. Of course, a friend could burgle my house while I'm gone, but sometimes you roll the dice and take your chances. And just because I'm gone doesn't mean my dogs are. Or my wife-and she's well-armed. And even when we're both gone, we have house-sitters, dog-sitters, and neighbors who watch the place. Statistically speaking, I wonder if people's social networking practices has had an appreciable effect on the likelihood of them being burglarized? Or is this one of those things we're worrying a lot about, but that isn't really happening in the real world (at least not enough to cause great concern)? John From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Please rob me The insurance companies have already caught onto this, I think http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/7269543/Using-Facebook-or-Twitter-could-raise-your-insurance-premiums-by-10pc.html On 19 February 2010 17:56, Peter van Houten <peter...@gmail.com<mailto:peter...@gmail.com>> wrote: It suddenly makes social networking look quite silly! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8521598.stm and, of course: http://pleaserobme.com At least @mikster has a sense of humour... -- Peter van Houten ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
