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Burglary Ring Used Facebook Places To Find Targets
Kilrah_il writes "A burglary ring was caught in Nashua, NH due to the vigilance of an off-duty police officer. The group is credited with 50 acts of burglary, the targets chosen because they posted their absence from home on the Internet. '"Be careful of what you post on these social networking sites," said Capt. Ron Dickerson. "We know for a fact that some of these players, some of these criminals, were looking on these sites and identifying their targets through these social networking sites."' Well, I guess the prophecies came true."
But PleaseRobMe is down...
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The burglary ring were captured after being identified using fireworks they had previously stolen from a property. Police were reported to say "We blew open the case after an explosion of similar burglaries. One suspect was let off"
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Obligatory Futurama quote: Professor: Amy, technology isn't intrinsically good or evil. It's how it's used. Like the Death Ray.
Or, alternately, don't add burglars as facebook friends.
Burger King used facebook places to find targets
Terrifying stuff.
Aren't burglar alarms housed in big red/blue boxes on the outside of houses? I'm sure you could spot one of those from the street ...
Ah yes, the old "hang around in a bar until someone shouts out their address, and that they're going out of town for a while, then pull up outside their house in a car with cheap magnetic decals of a cable company" trick.
Funny how the cops never seem to think of going to the local magnetic-decals-of-cable-companies shop and asking questions, isn't it?
Aren't burglar alarms housed in big red/blue boxes on the outside of houses?
Yeah, they even have labels on them that say "burglar alarm - do not tamper under penalty of law!"
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
...especially young females who post "I'm home alone tonight and bored"
Go on...
I'd love them to break into my home. It's on Starbase 963, Deck 35, Corridor J in the Beta Quadrant because if anyone is able to successfully break in, then I want access to their ship so I can get home.
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If you don't go to their funerals, then they will not come to yours.
Funeral notices are the classic... what close family members don't go to the funeral?
Clearly you've never met my family.
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"Funny how the cops never seem to think of going to the local magnetic-decals-of-cable-companies shop and asking questions, isn't it?"
It's a conspiracy.
A friend and I went to a fancy dress party - I was dressed as a firework, my friend as a battery. On the way we were stopped by the police - they let me off, but my friend was charged.
yah, but they get into the liquor when left alone so they're no use.
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