This is a discussion on My advice to new gun owners. within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by ccw9mm He has posted his actual physical address, his schedule of being away from the house, and has identified several items of ...
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I gathered that the second I saw "facebook" mentioned.Originally Posted by ccw9mm
He has posted his actual physical address, his schedule of being away from the house, and has identified several items of value?
That's a very, very good way to get robbed or burglarized. Dumb x2.
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Several months ago someone used my credit card to purchase a $750 airline ticket to South Africa. It was easy to straighten out with the bank, but that's hardly the point.
Your info is out there. If you're relying on the security or integrity of Facebook (et al) then you're going to be rudely disappointed.
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What about all her friends, school, the library, etc? Is she ever going to have a Wi-Fi/internet enabled phone, laptop, etc? You can set up an account in seconds from ANYWHERE using an easily generated free Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc email account. Even if you think "daddy's little girl" would NEVER change her password... She doesn't have to. She can just set up another account to "play" on. Or...just change that password, block your account name (if you have one), and make her profile "non-searcheable" by the general public. Even with her name or whatever, you'd NEVER see her there. She'll figure it out soon enough...her friends will help, too...
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are you referring to preventing a robbery?
i have a CHP and i own handguns and i dont even have a facebook account , maybe i should let the BG's know i am armed and dangerous so dont try robbing me.
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Facebook is the root of all evil!!
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My mother just posted a story of one of her 'friends' getting robbed while on vacation. This woman posted she'd be out-of-town and blah blah blah.........He has posted his actual physical address, his schedule of being away from the house, and has identified several items of value?
That's a very, very good way to get robbed or burglarized. Dumb x2.
She came home to her house ransacked. Police investigated and found that one of her facebook 'friends' did it.
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Yep that and the fact that some insurance companies are thinking about raising insurance premiums for people on face book because they post their address and when they travel, or vacation. Are people really this stupid?
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Yeah, duh, it's, like, for mature folks like me!
Wait...
Good point, though, about whatever you post being public. In fact, even the more cautious among us post a little bit here (hiding everything else) and a little bit there (hiding the first bit and everything else) and so on... to the point where a determined investigator could piece together quite a bit about a person. I was taken to task recently about this by my wife.
Whoops. Now you all know I'm married and occasionally in trouble. But I repeat myself...
Better yet, keep off Facebook altogether!
Get some real friends and go shooting. Are your "cyber-friends" going to be there if and when you need a helping hand?
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Best idea I've heard yet!
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All of my guns are on facebook but I dont befreind people I dont know and noone else can view my profile, and none of my address or contact information is on there. I'm not really worried.
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That happens, because Facebook is deceptive about the security settings for photos/videos. I have my account locked down as tight as you can (and am still carefull about the info I post/friends I allow), but what FB doesn't advertise well, is that you must reset the setting for every picture/album. Each time you post a new pic/vid/album you must go into that item and set it's individual security setting, because FBs default is everybody.
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I don't use Face Book. I don't have any friends.
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Really? How did they ascertain that "fact"?
ANY of those "friends" could have talked to family members, "real" friends...ANYBODY... How was her profile set up? If she allowed "friends of friends" to view it, ANYONE could have seen it. People she never could have possibly known about. With that setting, if a person were to "friend" someone and that "friend" goes ahead and "friends" 10,000 other people? Guess what...every one of those secondary "friends" can see the original person's profile, too. If I remember correctly, when viewing a profile, "friends of friends" was also the default setting and remained until changed.
So, a person with hundreds of "friends" or more (VERY common) and each one of those "friends" has hundreds of "friends" or more? I find it HARD to believe the police would track each and every one of those people down for a simply burglary...
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I agree 100%...spend the time at the range or reloading...Anything but giving up you privacy on facebook.
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