[Study] Social media believed to be used by most of today's burglars

While the internet is great for helping you keep in touch with the people you care about, it's also a good way for strangers to find out everything about you. One thing people seem to ignore nowadays is the privacy settings on their social networks - where they are, where they live, where they hang out - all their location data is visible for everyone to see. Most of the time it doesn't mean a thing, but if you happen to be the unfortunate target of a burglar, it becomes a problem. Friedland, a UK home security company recently performed a survey on 50 ex-burglars and found some interesting results.

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