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The criminal may be lurking within your circle of FaceBook friends a recent -- study found -- nearly 80% of burglars are using social media.
To help them in targeting homes and businesses Michael verdict is -- defender dot com is an Internet privacy expert Michael.
What specifically are the criminals looking for on FaceBook and Twitter.
You know that's surveys that you read that -- read about it's when was insisting that I -- in five years of protecting privacy of reputation outcome not -- outcome.
Well here's what's goes what happens right just burglars and anybody else is looking to find that information about you.
Did that the logical thing for them to do is to go where the information about you lives which is.
The stream that you and your friends and your family publish about you every day.
So lot of people are thinking that they -- careful about who their friends aren't FaceBook and so forth but they don't realize that.
Even -- their kids are our friends with.
May affect what information that they themselves published gets published out to people they don't know through their friends right kids are our friends with -- over 15100 people.
But can't be number of people they -- so you might be -- belief -- a hundred your kids might be from the 15100 the information you published -- available to your kids' friends and through their network.
So don't be careful who you friend and who your kids are -- for your colleagues are -- and so forth.
Number two you want to make sure that you're very careful about the kind of apps that you're using right a lot of apps are downloading information about you very famously.
-- have nothing to do with what you think the -- is about.
US attorney in New Jersey is actually investigating some of the biggest app makers.
For pulling down huge amounts of information who you call where you've been -- -- you text to your email what's your email said from your phone.
From your FaceBook page.
From all your social media accounts that have nothing to do with the that would what you thought the -- was about would you like that dinosaur game so my third thing I would say -- -- very -- tell -- You just -- caught my attention -- because when you say the dinosaur aptly kidnaps might for a two year old girl is messing around my phone -- Are they making me more vulnerable to some of these burglars and other people looking to commit crimes.
It's not -- what's happening a lot of these games that you thought we're just sort of fun and games -- right.
What why would a dinosaur -- need to know where you war every minute today I can answer that question but.
But the US attorneys interest in finding out why that type of -- is looking for information that has nothing to do.
Would you parent proper function of the game you -- -- be very careful you'll sort of make sure that especially if there's a rule of thumb.
Only download apps made in the US -- the UK or other countries that seem to have pretty good.
Sort of regulatory practices pretty good business practices of the -- the -- is made in Pakistan anywhere.
I want to give you one more tip which are going to be very irrelevant fear -- -- ought to make sure.
That you are not sharing especially during holiday time.
Not sharing too much information about where you are writing even though you might love the fact you're at the beach you got that.
Photo you wanna tweet pick out to the universe about the -- -- from your toes in the stand.
If your -- -- in the sand they're not your apartment your apartment vulnerable -- same survey huge issue code.
Right you just showed about the burglars looking for information it's only logical for them -- -- looking for information about where you are and where you were not.
Share the photo of you at the beach as soon as you return home for your vacation not while you're at the vacation did not during litigation itself might cathartic reputation dot com.
