Comments on: Twitter’s Site Joins Location Craze and Burglars Celebrate!

By: Sage Lewis

Sage Lewis — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:38:37 +0000

I was suspect of foursquare… until I tried it. I like it just because I can see what other people have said about a restaurant. I usually try to add a little comment on any foursquare post I make. Otherwise, it does seem a little superfluous.

Ya know who isn’t on foursquare? My pit bull bitch who is hungry because my house sitters haven’t thrown today’s raw meat under the door.

If you rob houses purely based on twitter posts you deserve whatever you get.
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By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:34:41 +0000

Security reasons aside, I really don’t give a rat’s ass that you’re at the hardware store, let alone the “Mayor”. I’m trying really hard to understand, but this need to share every aspect of one’s life stupefies me. Can any 4Square enthusiasts enlighten me? Oh and make sure you tell me where you are when you respond, because, like, that’s really important for me to know.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:47:48 +0000

Yeah, this feature opens people up to that possibility, but it’s really not that simple—and highly unlikely.

B&E and theft are generally crimes with little, if any, premeditation. To make Twitter a viable criminal tool, you have to a.) find someone close enough to you, b.) make sure they have something worth taking, c.) figure out exactly where they live, d.) figure out whether you can defeat their security system, if any, and e.) watch their Twitter stream until they (and all other members of their household) leave. Can you do all that from a Twitter stream? Perhaps—but that crime is more about targeting a person than stealing stuff for fun and profit.

If you really want to steal something, it’s about a 1000% easier to park on a well-to-do street and wait for people to go to work or go out for the night, or to go to the parking lot of an apartment complex.

Stalking is probably a greater danger here.