Social Networking Put Our Lives in Danger?

Submitted by Oumar Soumahoro on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 11:35pm.
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While browsing this website, I came across this article underlining the consequences of sharing certain things on social media that could impact a person's life. According to the piece , a family home in Sidney, Australia got robbed after a 17 year old girl posted a large amount of money on the Facebook. While helping her grandmother count the money she had saved for a long a period of time, the teenager took a picture of the money and posted it on Facebook as most of us teenagers tend to do these days to "impress" our friends and those on our social network. This incident shows how much attention we should pay to the pictures we upload on social media, because not only are we risking our lives but also our families and friends.

The biggest question was how the robbers knew where the young girl lived. Did they trace the picture, even though most profiles are set to private or available only to friends or did the girl set up her family? I would to hear my fellow EdLabbers' opinion about the aforementioned situation and do you guys keep your stuff private on social networks?



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Sharon Hsiao Says:
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 9:22am

have u read this before?
please rob me site!
People have been talking about the same privacy issue ever since. But the reality is, most of the people do not shy away from sharing, checking-in, social networking...
Why not change the "check-in" to "check-out"?? Instead of telling people "i'm not home, please rob me" to "hey, i'm possibly coming home, don't rob me"???


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Oumar Soumahoro Says:
Tue, 08/28/2012 - 10:50pm

I wasn't able to read it since O not have have a twitter account.
But I wonder what you meant when you said "why not change check-in to check-out"


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Sharon Hsiao Says:
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 8:50am

check in, means i'm here, at this location; i'm not home.
check out, means i'm outta here. doesn't it somehow imply "i may go home" now.

just an idea :p


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Oumar Soumahoro Says:
Thu, 08/30/2012 - 10:13pm

Thank you for your explanation. But do you think those information can keep you from being robbed?