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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Food for Thought:  Please Rob Me; Are We Too Open With Personal Data?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Friday&#8217;s Food for Thought post on the ITAC blog.  A new, and rather funny spoof web site called PleaseRobeMe.com, has shed some light on a very serious topic:  how we too often open with our personal data.  Basically, PleaseRobMe.com aggregates publicly shared check-ins from when people share their location [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://itacidentityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Burglar.jpg" alt="Burglar" title="Burglar" width="107" height="112" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1121" />Welcome to the Friday&#8217;s Food for Thought post on the ITAC blog.  A new, and rather funny spoof web site called <a href="http://pleaserobme.com/">PleaseRobeMe.com</a>, has shed some light on a very serious topic:  how we too often open with our personal data.  Basically, PleaseRobMe.com aggregates publicly shared check-ins from when people share their location data via Google Buzz  and Foursquare, which basically lets the bad guys know that you are not at your house.  </p>
<p>So, does sharing too much information &#8211; especially about your location &#8212; make you vulnerable to being robbed?  Well, check out this Mashable <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/01/twitter-related-burglary/">story</a> where this actually happened to a person.  That is right&#8230;a few Tweets about going on a vacation can leave you totally exposed to a burglary.  </p>
<p>And, what about people who actually prefer to leave their houses unlocked?  Believe it or not, there are people in large cities like NYC and San Diego who do just that &#8211; they don&#8217;t lock their houses/apartments.  Check out this article in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/garden/14nolock.html">NY Times</a> about this phenomenon.  And, the article points out that a 2008 survey by State Farm Insurance of 1,000 homes across the country reported that fewer than half of those surveyed always locked their front doors.</p>
<p>Wow. Not locking your doors and telling the world that you are not home.  Man, we are going to re-think what we do for a living and pursue a career in the burglary arts.  The opportunities are endless (kidding of course!).</p>
<p>Happy Friday!</p>
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