Word: postings
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...problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes publicly available, making it theoretically possible for a robber (or anyone else) to keep tabs on when you say you're in your home...
...Amstel is no expert hacker, and Please Rob Me isn't a complicated website; it's simply a dressed-up page of Twitter search results that monitors the latest posts of users sharing their locations via Foursquare. And there are a lot of results - thousands of people willingly broadcast when they're not at home (it's rarer for users to post to Foursquare when they return). A select, misguided few broadcast their address or those of unknowing and disapproving friends or family. This makes the site more useful at proving a point than an actual tool for robbers...
...keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police blotter? A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don't post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your consent. It's always up to the user to decide what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you're oversharing? It's unlikely. But if nothing else, Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little discretion online can go a long...
...hybrid of a scad of social networking sites, the new Google Buzz is, well, all the buzz among everyone whose lives depend on Gmail (namely, all of us). Buzz, like Facebook and various blogging platforms, enables users to post texts, pictures, videos, or links. The posts can be private or public for all your “followers” and your public Google profile (yes, you have one of those now). Your followers can comment on or “like” your posts. All in the name of merry, modern socializing...
Let’s face it, Google has changed the way we use the Internet. We can’t live without G-chatting our blockmates from a few feet away or Google Mapping the post office down the street. Looking at Google’s track record of success, it seems that Buzz is here to stay...