As more people reveal his whereabouts from social networks, there has been a site for surfers to remember that if everyone disclosed the place where they are or one in which they are not be exposed to a crime.
The site name says it all: "Please Rob Me" .
Released last week, Please Rob Me is exceptionally easy. Almost everything it does is display information posted on Twitter as a service to share location information, Foursquare. Rob Me Please put this information in a long, chronological list, referred to as "empty homes recently.
Please Rob Me integrates its list to take that Twitter offered information freely to many sites to show the stark message that social network. But the same warning could Please Rob Me with data flowing in dozens of places.
People do not care about sharing all sorts of personal details on social networks like Facebook. And now, people turn excited to location-based Web sites, as Foursquare, Gowalla or Loopt, which allow you to use the cell phone to alert friends about where to find someone.
Some people choose to show your location only friends with permission. But many put this specific and updated information on public profiles Twitter, anyone can see.
This phenomenon is what has motivated the creators Rob Please Me, "one of them, Boy Van Amstel 25. In a telephone interview, Van Amstel said the technology has become so easy to use that people share too much information online without even noticing.
Van Amstel and co-founders want people to think twice before risking.
In order to clarify the risks, Please Rob Me page shows the image of a thief. Below, indicates that the site "lists all the empty houses out there."
Actually, shows no empty houses. Not even reveals the homes of the absentees. Instead, the photos are from users of Twitter, user names, how long ago "went home" (which is determined when the information provided Foursquare) and where they went, along with a link to your destination on the Web site of Foursquare.
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