Oprah’s on Twitter. Twitter is on the June 15th cover Time Magazine. So who’s next to get on the Twitter bandwagon? The answer is thieves, robbers, and crooks.
If there’s any question about whether or not Twitter has hit the mainstream, a recent story on CNET features a guy in Arizona who’s attributing his May house robbery to the fact that his Tweets tipped the public off that he and his wife weren’t home – that they were in Kansas City on vacation.
Whether or not this was indeed the case, it does underscore the fact that the openness and connectedness of the social web and supporting technology can speak volumes to the general public based on our digital footprints.
As a kid, there was a reason why my parents always told me not to let strangers on the phone know if they weren’t at home. Is the culture within social media causing us to lose our common sense when it comes to privacy and security?
Be careful of the techno-savvy burglar – you never really know who’s following you online.
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