{"id":11602,"date":"2009-06-23T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T09:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2009-07-18T01:19:34","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T23:19:34","slug":"technology-helping-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/23\/technology-helping-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology helping criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Next Web reports<\/a> that a Dutch insurance company is warning its clients to not blog or Twitter their vacations.<\/p>\n

According to the company criminals are using social networking tools to find possible victims. In the past, these criminals used to check mailboxes (full mailbox = probably away for the week) which houses they could break into. Now they use digital means to find their victims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I understand the concern, I don’t agree with it.\u00a0 Technology is a just a tool, making people more efficient at certain things.\u00a0 If you don’t blog or Twitter your vacation plans, there’s still a billion ways to find out about them.<\/p>\n

Criminals have been doing their stuff for years.\u00a0 And if they don’t mind digging through the social networks and geo-locating your house, they definitely don’t mind talking to your neighbours, colleagues, and family, calling your home and mobile phones, monitoring your entrance door, and whatever else it takes to break-in and steal stuff from you.<\/p>\n

Does the technology make it easier for them? Maybe for some and not for the other.\u00a0 But regardless, if you want to let your friends and family know that you won’t be available in the next few days, because you are going on vacations, I think you should.\u00a0 If you think that your blog, Twitter, or any other social network is the appropriate tool for that, then use it.<\/p>\n

I’m all for keeping it safe and all, but I’d hate to live with constant fear of becoming a victim.\u00a0 Stuff happens, and often we don’t have control over it.\u00a0 But it’s not a good enough reason to lock ourselves in the basement.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

The Next Web reports that a Dutch insurance company is warning its clients to not blog or Twitter their vacations. According to the company criminals are using social networking tools to find possible victims. 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