Sure you wouldn’t wear a sign that says “please rob me,” but would you put it in front of your house when you left? Some people are doing just that and Van Amstel created a website just to prove it.
His site is PleaseRobMe.com and it doesn’t really break any laws or make any milestones in the world of computer hacking. He is using it to warn people of the information they put on the web for all to see.
All Van Amstel (yes, he is Dutch) is doing is scraping social sites like Twitter and Facebook to see what people are talking about and re-posts on his site.
Many people say things like…
“Left home 5 minutes ago…”
“On vacation this week, sent the dog to the kennel”
“Spending the weekend at the lake…cat will be fine alone for that time”
It made me think: I am going to change what comments I write on Facebook or Twitter to help combat such a thing…
“Just left home, I hope the Pit Bull does not maim another Mailman.”
“On vacation this week. Really worried about having my NASCAR friends watch the house with all that ammo around.”
“Running to Starbucks for 30 minutes. I know I shouldn’t bother setting the landmines and booby traps, but I hope to catch someone (er something) someday.”
Yea, that should do it…(feel free to add any of your own below).
Fine, I suppose this is where you look for some witty insights to my mind. A "bio" of sorts. Here is the deal... I ride motorcycles, smoke cigars, golf, kayak, fly, race my car through the mountains, write (a lot), and travel extensively. I am almost old enough not to care what other people think about me...almost. ~Godfadr
I guess I should stop tweeting stuff like:
“In this economy, I don’t trust banks. My mattress does a much better job”
or
“Darn it, my deadbolt is broken again. Maybe I’ll just put this wobbly chair under the doorknob instead”
and
“Resetting my safe combo. Do you think my address is secure enough?”