Increasingly criminals and thieves are using social media to choose and target their victims.
How so? i hear you ask
With todays technology and internet access so readily available, peoples use of social media (mainly Twitter and Facebook) is increasing day by day
how safe is your social media and online presence?
More and more often we are living out our lives on these social media sites, saying what we are doing, where we are going and for how long, its simply putting the information that a criminal needs right on their screen.
So how can you protect yourself? here are five simple steps:
- On Facebook make sure your privacy setting are set so only your friends can see your content.
- Only connect and add people who are real friends, do not accept random friend requests from people you don’t know.
- Do not post that you are leaving town / going on holiday / will be away from home for a long period of time. this is simply giving the criminal a time window of when he can burgle you!!!
- Try not to post pictures that inlude your address of any noticable details that could give your address away.
- Avoid posting pictures of expensive items / valuables in your home, its like a shopping selection for the
So there are five simple steps on how you can protect your social media presence from being the burglars information source for burglaing your home. Simple, effective, useful.