Facebook 成了小偷踩点新地方

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美国Nashua 的警察叔叔警告上网的孩子们,现在小偷们正使用互联网的方式踩点,通过查看大家的Facebook 的状态,来了解主人是否在家,通过Facebook 相册了解家里的陈设。

而近日,Nashua 警方查获的20万美元的赃物,小偷们都是通过这个方法得来的。

所以,请在SNS 上保护好自己的隐私,不要乱加好友。

A recent burglary ring baffled police until they noticed that most victims had broadcast their home vacancies to the world.

Police have arrested three men in connection with 18 home burglaries in the Nashua, New Hampshire area that are suspected to have chosen their targets based on Facebook updates. After the victims made it available to the public that they were leaving their homes through the social networking service, the burglars would break in and rob them in their absence.

The Nashua area saw 50 home burglaries in August, but police were having trouble connecting them together. After the arrests, police say they know for a fact that Facebook updates were part of the criteria the criminals used to choose their targets.

Luckily, the thieves stole a large amount of fireworks from one of their targets and police were told to keep their eyes (and ears) out for people setting them off. That's just what the thieves did, with an off-duty police officer hearing the noise and investigating, which reportedly led to the pinching of the three burglars. Police recovered between $100,000 to $200,000 of stolen goods thanks to the arrests, including ammunition, videogame consoles, and jewelry (but there was surprisingly no meth lab found).

It doesn't end here, as police expect to arrest even more individuals with an involvement in the burglary ring. Police Captain Ron Dickerson warns: "Be careful of what you post on these social networking sites."

Social networking is definitely a double edged sword. It's fun to rub it in all of your friend's faces that you're going on vacation, but this could also lead to an easily burgled home.

Source: WMUR
 
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