Burglars Admit to Using Location-Based Services for Surveillance [Infographic]
A surprising number of them confess that they not only use Google street view as a surveillance tool, but they also confessed checking social networking sites to determine if the homeowners were home.
Location-based services help you tell your friends where you are, in case they want to join you for lunch or dinner — but could such postings be an open invitation for burglars to rob your home?
According to a study of 50 former U.K. burglars, posting your whereabouts on a social media site is one of the top five most common mistakes made my homeowners who are burglarized.
Credit Sesame designed an infographic illustrating the study of the former U.K.
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