The Rocket Blog

Practice Safe Social Media

Considering the new website pleaserobme.com, we see more reason why a helpful blog article on safe social media practices is in order.  Please Rob Me is a site that pulls from twitter and foursquare when people update their status with “just left home”.  PEOPLE! You wouldn’t put a vacant sign on your house when you leave, so why notify everyone in the neighborhood that you stepped out for a smoothie?  I didn’t think so. So, why would you do it online?

You may think, well my address is not on my Twitter, Facebook or Foursqaure account.  It may not be, but it is on the web somewhere.  So telling people you are stepping out to go shopping really gives everyone a timeline of where you are and for how long. Keep this in mind next time you tweet or check in somewhere.  It’s not just your friends paying attention to where you go.  

Another thing to be aware of is putting too much information on your Facebook profile.  If someone has your full name, full birthday, current city, etc., they can find any information they want to on you.  You’re getting older anyway, so just leave off your birth year.  No need to share your middle name or your current city with everyone.  

Keep it safe out there.  Don’t make it any easier for the bad people out there to find you.