EugeneOoi

Social media is interesting and powerful yet there are many loopholes when it comes to privacy. Did you know that posting about where are can lead to your home getting robbed?

One example is Foursquare. You can use it to check-in to the places and discover tips from users which is fantastic. Now here’s the flaw, Foursquare has the ability to link to Twitter and publish a tweet on where you have checked-in together with a Foursquare url. Now using Twitter, search “4sq” and you will get a list of Foursquare tweets. Someone has now brought it a step further and created a site www.pleaserobme.com . Here you can find which homes are empty because of this flaw. If you are using Foursquare, I strongly advise that you de-link it with Twitter.