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Honestly this is good advice tho. Wait until you've returned to post all of your vacation pics.
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OPSEC; operational security. Don’t tell people anything that they could use to victimize you. If you want to share, share things that won’t affect you (such as sharing after everything’s done).
Can also post pictures of you on vacation when you're not. See who shows up the house.
This is brilliant
She’s young enough to have been born in the social media era. My parents didn’t have to worry about posting because the internet wasn’t a thing back then.
My mom still taught me this without using socials herself, the concept of not letting potentially malicious people know you're not home (by e.g. leaving your lights on) goes back further than the internet.
My dad had a friend whose apartment would frequently be broken into. So he started leaving the TV on 24/7, and he never had a break-in again while he lived there.
yup, grew up always leaving a light on in the house when we were out. my dad always half-joked about putting "trash removal" signs on work trucks to keep people from sniffing around for tools to sell
My parents would make sure to suspend the newspaper subscription so it wouldn't accumulate at the door, indicating you have been away for some time
Or ask a neighbour to collect your mail, and take in your bins.
I used to use gpo timers to cycle my lamps to simulate occupancy, home alone style.
We had lights on timers. Neighbors took in the mail. Alarm system over copper phone wire. Low income 80s household.
God I'm old
Hm...
What if I post about going on vacation but what I'm really doing is setting up an elaborate system of Home Alone style traps? 🤔
Believe it or not, jail.
Thanks Obama.
It is a decent cyber security trick.
That geoguesser guy in YouTube made a point to say this while pinpointing the exact location (down to the same table) of a photo a fan sent him while on vacation
Did the fan send the picture knowing who he was?
Yes, it was a challange
Still funny. Thanks for the clarification.
GeoWizard?
still relevant
You guys got to go on holidays?
My mom use to say watch out putting a loved one in the obituaries because people will rob your house knowing you’ll be gone that morning.
Well besides the fact that AOL didn't work that way, I've never been "on holiday" in my life.
Sounds smart. Most burglaries happen by people you know.
hmmm, my family couldn't afford vacations. when we visited family out of state we'd always have someone house sit to take care of the animals. usually a neighbor.
being the youngest boy and the biggest lover of animals, i became the default to do that for out neighbors when they were out.
it was a lovely little neighborhood.
but also, back then social media was young and pretty much only young people were on it. for my parents to give me advice about what to put on my blogspot or Facebook would have made me guffaw. hell, correctly identifying the platform and that one could share vacation plans on it would have been a big ask.
Osint's a bitch
Mine still do, I still post.
This is really good advice. Your mom sounds smart.