Today, I read an article on the BBC about how thieves are using sites like Facebook to burgle houses. I was shocked when I read the article because I never realised how easy it was for people to use this as a crime tool, but if you have your address on Facebook, don’t tell people your on holiday!
The same could apply to a blog, and because I write on a travel blog, I always blog that I am going away on my travels, and if I had my address on my blog or on another place on the internet, people could use this. Thankfully, I don’t publish my home address on the internet, but I think it’s worth thinking about before telling the world you’re away.
I have hear of policeman using myspace etc for researching crimes but not the other way around.
http://germworks.net/blog/2006/12/29/using-technology-as-a-crime-fighting-tool
Harsh as this sounds, I believe that anyone silly enough to put their home address on the web without due cause – deserves to be robbed…
Common sense should be applied!
Well keep in mind, many website owners may have their website registered to their home address…a quick WHOIS lookup and…
Excellent point JohnB and Milca