Re: How much information is too much?
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:36 am
Those who have valuables to steal of course need to be concerned while those who own little that would be of interest do not. Generally burglars tend to target well to do home owners because many also tend to collect large amounts of stuff and when there is no one home, a burglar may be able to break in through a window even if making some noise without alerting anyone.
Those who live in apartments like I do, usually own much less and there may be lots of neighborly eyes about even when no one is home. In my situation, probably someone in any of a dozen different adjacent 4-plex units can see my unit by just looking out their window or being out their front doors. Accordingly even though there is an area with a moderate amount crime about a half mile away where there are streets with many old beat up apartments, and unemployed street people, our areas rarely sees any thefts beyond teen agers on skate boards grabbing stuff in carports.
Even in my situation I am well aware that serious thieves with sophisticated tools could easily case a person over a period of days then break into any of our community units if they thought someone had say lots of jewelry in their apartment. So only a fool would advertise publicly on Facebook showing a case in their house with say a collection of rare stamps and coins. Rather quickly given a person's name, some thief might pay a few bucks to one of the white pages search services that use public records and quickly find out where they really live.
Those who live in apartments like I do, usually own much less and there may be lots of neighborly eyes about even when no one is home. In my situation, probably someone in any of a dozen different adjacent 4-plex units can see my unit by just looking out their window or being out their front doors. Accordingly even though there is an area with a moderate amount crime about a half mile away where there are streets with many old beat up apartments, and unemployed street people, our areas rarely sees any thefts beyond teen agers on skate boards grabbing stuff in carports.
Even in my situation I am well aware that serious thieves with sophisticated tools could easily case a person over a period of days then break into any of our community units if they thought someone had say lots of jewelry in their apartment. So only a fool would advertise publicly on Facebook showing a case in their house with say a collection of rare stamps and coins. Rather quickly given a person's name, some thief might pay a few bucks to one of the white pages search services that use public records and quickly find out where they really live.