Comments on: Man robbed because of Twitter? First possible Twitter robbery

By: Social media and travel: How to protect your privacy - The Writer's Bloc

Social media and travel: How to protect your privacy - The Writer's Bloc — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:02:28 +0000

[...] When you post details of your day-to-date life on social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook, you run the risk of exposing too much information. For instance, sharing your travel plans could provide a thief with the ideal timing to break into your home and clean you out. [...]

By: Social Media Respect « Matthew Schmitt's Blog

Social Media Respect « Matthew Schmitt's Blog — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:12:09 +0000

[...] This is an interesting phenomenon that I believe is about to exit the “phenomenon” status, and become a core component of how we work, communicate, represent ourselves and life itself. Let’s take for example, Israel Hyman of Kansas City. Mr Hyman decided to take a (I’m sure well deserved) vacation. The unfortunate part is that he also decided to tell the entire world about this little getaway, including where he was going and for how long. The end result as we all know, he was robbed. Not just a little burglary, but really cleaned out. You can read more about this event in this blog: http://www.siriusaddict.com/2009/06/03/man-robbed-because-of-twitter/ [...]

By: Shut Up About Your Vacation | BlawgIT

Shut Up About Your Vacation | BlawgIT — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:22:15 +0000

[...] phone number, a Web site address (which they can check for contact information) or a picture is all they need to connect your “I’m on vacation” post with a Google Map to your home. So what [...]