Social Robbery: As one with Street View, Twitter and Co. The life for thieves facilitates

There Michael is here, Tina is and Fabian is somewhere different. On Facebook one gets voluntarily or involuntarily regularly the places of residence of its love communicated. That can be interesting, often is it annoyingly, but in the wrong hands even correctly dangerously. Who on Twitter, Four Square and CO. to know it leaves all that he may be straight its vacation start or the week final trip, that in this moment elsewhere – only not at home. That may probably, still interest more than your friends, your enemies.

In the meantime also criminals discovered the advantages of the Internet and integrated into their „corporate strategy”. In one – not completely representative – new study in Great Britain fifty former burglars were asked. Believe 78 percent that their still active colleagues make themselves the status messages on Social Media platforms, in order to prepare their break-downs. Owing to Twitter and Four Square is it a children’s game to locate humans without being located only approximately in contact with them. Name enter, enter key press and go loosely that the raid! In addition scarcely three quarters of the ex-thieves believe that Street View plays a role, in order to spy potential thief property.

Naivety in the net

It is amazing, as negligently and inconsiderately humans deal partially with this danger from the net. On-line their vacation plans with its acquaintance divide 40 percent of the users of social networks into Great Britain. 13 percent of the Facebook and 92 percent of the Twitter users proceed with the selection of their friends and Follower besides extremely uncritically. They accept you, without it to have more near checked. Yes, in the Internet some is different, than in the true life. One means.

The journalist and satirist Martin sun fount tried amusing an experiment in the last year. When exact looking is it however rather alarmingly. For „today the show” in the Second Channel of German Television it started the project „Google Home View”. Equipped with a vehicle with Google sticker it penetrated into the German apartment and bedrooms and shot pictures of the inner feelings of the homes its notion and arglosen victims. Its result: Humans are ripe for the consistent continuation of Street View. Readily they placed their most private privacy to the opinion in the Internet to the order, apologized still the fact that they would not have made clean and deplored still during the Fotoshootings the many break-downs, which would happen in their area.

Please robs me!

The website „Pleaserobme.com” wants to refer on ironical way to the danger, which by Social Media reports à la „I have the straight house left and are on the way to the airport after Timbuktu” develops. In a video doer Lauren Feldman praises the side as „the best Social Media side, because it combines Twitter and Four Square and lets the burglars know, if one at home is not. A great connection from the best one from social networks and the possibility of making with the Internet money.” With a seriously meant side one could make in such a way – purely theoretically – a lucrative offer side for thieves, on which to the raid inviting status messages on social platforms were collected.

The professional criminals are smarter and on the height of the time, which one cannot unfortunately to a large extent maintain from the police in things Social Media. With few exceptions in the Netherlands and Great Britain, superior, and plan they discuss still, how one can use the Internet to the criminal catch. Until it is actually used, probably still many break-downs might be committed.

Shop times differently

With the new Google service „Business photo” could become still more profitable the break-down 2,0. Google penetrates straight with its cameras into the inside of business, restaurants and hotels. 360-Grad opinions is to give an impression of the assortment and the flair of the shops to possible customers. Google wants to sell Business photo of” advertizing places with the service „on Street View.

Shopkeepers may apply on the homepage of the data giant to let – and pay for it also still money spy their loading from all sides in the Internet. It might be thus only one question of the time, to shortly actually „a Google Home View” – car before the door stands. With followers of burglars in the tow-line.