Are you sharing your location on social media?
Are you checking in on Foursquare?
And, are you checking in on Facebook? Or, even if you’re not checking in, are you telling the world where you’re located every time you post a status update?
There are security risks with being so public about your location so often. In this video, I talk about those risks. And I also show you how to stop Facebook from posting what city you’re in when you post a standard status update.
Click Here To Watch This Video on Youtube.com
Here’s the golden rule of social media…
If you’re not OK with the world knowing about it, don’t post it on social media. Period.
You do that, you’ve got nothing to worry about when it comes to your social media privacy.
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Just because you’re on holiday doesn’t necessarily mean your house is empty. Friends or family might be staying there, people might be popping in to water plants etc. Hell, you might even have a house sitter as quite a few people do that nowadays. For a thief to assume because you’ve posted on Facebook that you’re on holiday, that they can just casually go round and rob your house, can’t be the brightest of thieves.
With technology these days as well, people might have systems in place to make it look like someone is still using their house, when in fact it is empty. Lights coming on and off at random times, same for TVs, music etc, even to the extent of curtains/blinds opening and closing at certain times.Cameras can be set up so that if they detect movement, it alerts the owner by their smartphone etc. I’m babbling now, but you get my point.
MartYn is right but it’s a nice post. We have to be extra careful these days with FB.