Comments on: FourSquare Does Not Mean “Open For Robbery”

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:54:34 +0000

Great! Then with your logic, someone can find an "enemy's" family members on foursquare and it'll tell them exactly where to find them. I, for one, am unlisted. So when relatives die and my name is in the paper, you'll have to really want to get to me.

By: The Harriman Team

The Harriman Team — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:02:10 +0000

Good points, Ashley. Someone may be at the mall and tweet about it all day, but they may also have a couple of 100 lb. Rottweilers at home that they forgot to feed. Those dogs don’t tweet where they are…

By: Patsy

Patsy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:05:56 +0000

Ashley,

Great information. It is easy to let others frighten us without thinking. Thank you for information that lets us think. Maybe the robbers will use a geo-locator to let us know where they are and become mayor of a local institute.

By: AshDHart

AshDHart — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:05:34 +0000

Tobi – Thanks, it\’s just a matter of balance.

Thesa – What kind of phone do you have? I can see some use at a conference or for other events.

Mike – Another good point. Daytime robberies while people are at work. I know let\’s not work outside the home then. It\’s too risky

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:01:01 +0000

Bob – I don’t believe in leaving a roadmap for would-be robbers. On the other hand, I don’t feel the need to let paranoia cripple my day-to-day actives. Jeremy, who doodled Larry, is an investigative reporter. When he got married, everyone knew that he would be honeymooning out of the country. He didn’t get robbed.My husband frowns on me having a wife, but I understand your point. I’m sure at some point during the day, people assume I leave the house. If they are that motivated, they can just park nearby and wait for me to leave. I speak, I go to events, and I will not let paranoia prevent me from talking about these. Speaker: Mystery Lady.

By: Thesa Chambers, Broker, ABR, CDPE

Thesa Chambers, Broker, ABR, CDPE — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:13:03 +0000

I am still trying to figure out how to use this program on my new phone apparently it is not so easy – but I just don’t get the attraction — YET—

By: Mike Rohrig

Mike Rohrig — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:04:49 +0000

Perfectly put.

Most people work 8-5. Robbers have been doing daytime robberies forever. A professional robber on Oprah said he liked to rob a home when people were there having a party. He could be upstairs unbothered.

By: AshDHart

AshDHart — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:21:57 +0000

My husband frowns on me having a wife, but I understand your point. I’m sure at some point during the day, people assume I leave the house. If they are that motivated, they can just park nearby and wait for me to leave. I speak, I go to events, and I will not let paranoia prevent me from talking about these. Speaker: Mystery Lady.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:20:02 +0000

It should not come as a surprise that thieves watch newspaper announcements for the very reason that homes of relatives tend to be vacant during funerals and weddings. In fact, police have been known to reccomendations that someone stay at a home During a wedding if wedding gifts are kept at the location.

But, as you point out, announcements do not mean you will be robbed. On the other hand, the fact that the odds are with you is no reason to provide potential thieves with information that will help target you.

And, the fact that your wife and child are at home while you are at an airpot in another city should not make you comfortable enough to post your location on Twitter. While the odds are low that your home will be targeted by a theif, that is also no reason to take the risk either. After all, how would you feel if the unlikely happened if they were home when a robber decided to invade your home.

One final point, the more recognizable your name is, the greater the likelihood that you will be targeted. So, if you are a nobody, you are most likely safe. But, if you are the single female news anchor at the local TV station, you should never post your location or about times when you are alone.