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Outlander Systems
03-01-10, 06:52
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10628400
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind you that letting everyone know where you are – and, by extension, where you’re not – could leave you vulnerable to those with less-than-friendly intentions. The site’s name says it all: Please Rob Me.
Launched last week, Please Rob Me is exceptionally straightforward. Pretty much all it does is show posts that appear on Twitter from a location-sharing service, Foursquare.
Please Rob Me puts these posts into a long, chronological list it refers to as “Recent Empty Homes.”
KS Trekker
03-01-10, 07:04
Reminds me of my neighbors. They are so stupid that when they go on vacation, they ask friends and family on Facebook to watch over their house. :rolleyes: Maybe I'll find their house on this site.
Outlander Systems
03-01-10, 07:08
It was funny...after Christmas, I was shocked to see a lot of folks in my neighborhood advertising for theives. Boxes for 72" Flat-Screen TVs, Playstations, and various other high-end electronics all nicely displayed on the curb; it was like a low-life's window shopping fantasy.
It was funny...after Christmas, I was shocked to see a lot of folks in my neighborhood advertising for theives. Boxes for 72" Flat-Screen TVs, Playstations, and various other high-end electronics all nicely displayed on the curb; it was like a low-life's window shopping fantasy.
Every house has electronics now, not a big secret.
Outlander Systems
03-01-10, 07:54
Not me, dawg. I'm pretty old school. I think I'm the only male under 30 in the nation without a single videogame in the house. If any crooks want state-of-the-art consumer electronics, the only thing they'll get off of me is a cordless phone, and a heavily abused PC.
I saw a bit on this a week or two ago. The funny part is where they showed snippets from the newspapers in the 70s and 80s saying the same thing about Answering machines, etc.
You can always do what Chris Rock says, paint the big screen TV white, hope everyone thinks its a bassinette.
the only thing they'll get off of me is a cordless phone, and a heavily abused PC.
Those porn collections can be hard to replace though. :D
Outlander Systems
03-01-10, 08:32
Those porn collections can be hard to replace though. :D
What!?
No, no. I got caught up in a pornado!
Naw, boy-genius here bought his computer as a dedicated music workstation. So I had the awesome idea of nuking any and all non-"essential" software programs, like word, and excel, and office. :rolleyes:
Then I proceeded to perform a system backup after that. Now that I've given up on my aspirations for rock-goddom, I have a computer that's good for surfing and photoshop. Need to freshen up the resume? Gotta borrow the wife's laptop. System recovery = the red loctite of the computing world. Let's hear it for brash, impetuous decisions!
there is an iPhone app that provides the same info, and I think even long/lat. Granted, it posts to facebook where your friends can see it, but if you dont have your privacy settings correct, you might be inviting the world.
I also try to take caution with the boxes tossed to the curb.
gtmtnbiker98
03-01-10, 11:22
That's one of the reasons I don't use Facebook, I don't care to have everybody know what I'm doing. Come on, what's the real point? I'm not that bored, yet.
It's facebook. If you're not friends with low lifes you don't have to worry about it...
GermanSynergy
03-01-10, 11:38
It's facebook. If you're not friends with low lifes you don't have to worry about it...
This is why only immediate family and longtime friends are on mine....
CarlosDJackal
03-01-10, 11:44
This is why only immediate family and longtime friends are on mine....
Ditto.
Evil Colt 6920
03-01-10, 12:02
I think I'm the only male under 30 in the nation without a single videogame in the house. If any crooks want state-of-the-art consumer electronics, the only thing they'll get off of me is a cordless phone, and a heavily abused PC.
I'm 29, no gaming consoles in my house either, so don't feel alone:). The only new electronics I have are all security related. I actually get more enjoyment from watching my security cameras than I do watching TV:p At least I know what I see isn't bullshit.
EDIT: dbrowne1, thanks for the idea, im gonna make my status on face book "taking a big dump" and maybe the "hey, look at me" people will get the point, but I doubt it.
I finally got a Facebook account. I restrict it to friends only, not friends of friends, etc and am selective on who I make a friend. I don't post very often but occasionally make a statement. I tend to comment on friend's statements more, especially the liberal progressive ones who post stupid stuff.
If we are out of town, I usually don't post about it until I get back, and then it is some pics to share with this close circle of our trip.
I have a twitter account. I have logged in maybe 3 times and posted 2 times. In a year. Main reason was to see how Twitter worked as someone who owed me money was a big shot on Twitter.
I don't see the real benefit to telling people my day to day moves. It is useful though to keep track of people I might want to keep in touch with.
John_Wayne777
03-01-10, 12:32
Unless a lowlife steals or has access to one or more of your friends' computers, iPhones, etc.
I realize there are both personal and professional benefits to Facebook, Twitter, etc. but in addition to the security issues and inability to control how information I might post could be "re-gifted" to others outside my circle - I just don't see the point. I'm not a celebrity. Nobody in their right mind gives a shit about what I'm doing on a daily basis and if they do, they need to get a lives of their own.
Facebook and Twitter have always seemed like big exercises in unjustified ego to me. "Hey, look at me! I'm taking a dump now! ... now I'm driving to work and I saw a cool bumpersticker, LOL!!11!!" Does anybody actually care about these things?
I don't have time to write about all that crap, let alone read or care about the meaningless details of 300 other people.
Your curmudgeonly refusal to join the masses flocking to internet networking sites mirrors my own. I just don't see the point. My mother recently joined Facebook...and it took a grand total of a week for a boyfriend she had when she was 16 to contact her through it.
I'm not really cool with that sort of thing.
GermanSynergy
03-01-10, 12:38
Your curmudgeonly refusal to join the masses flocking to internet networking sites mirrors my own. I just don't see the point. My mother recently joined Facebook...and it took a grand total of a week for a boyfriend she had when she was 16 to contact her through it.
I'm not really cool with that sort of thing.
I can't tell you how many times ex GF's have tried to "add" me as a friend, or people from HS that I barely knew and don't really give a sweet crap what they are doing at this point. :rolleyes:
I use it to maintain easy contact with friends from the military, immediate family and such. Too many folks try to find their "soul mate", stir up childish drama or just live vicariously through the exploits of others on social networking sites.
Belmont31R
03-01-10, 12:44
Both my wife and I got rid of our accounts.
If I really cared enough about a person Id have their email and/or phone number to keep in contact with.
As it stands now I barely even keep in contact with anyone I knew in the mil or from HS. My best friend got married, and has a kid so I talk to him only a few times a year now.
I use it, non stop at times. I make sure to be careful what info is out there though. Friends have my cellphone number, but its out there for other purposes anyway. My address is limited to a town, I never give away geographical info via any form of messaging, posting, or applications. Large purchases are not discussed, and images are posted with consideration of some crazy ass who might think they want something of mine.
surprisingly, there is a lot you can do adhering to the standards I posted.
I'm not a member of any of those sights. I had a myspace for 6 months when it was cool, got tired of all the bullshit, canceled it and never looked back.
I have seen and heard of much more horrid mischief than that ensuing because of, or at least being enabled by, Facebook and its ilk.
Then you get into all of these ridiculous situations where you have to decide whether to accept somebody as a "friend," and they get all butthurt if you don't immediately accept them, and so on.
I want no part of it. It has truly turned entire generations of adults back into middle schoolers.
And its raising masses of middle schoolers to maintain that mindset through adulthood :eek: I have a phone that will do facebook on the run and I still dont have the time or want to tell some one that I just took a crap and what color it is:rolleyes:
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