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Monday, 26 September 2011

The one hundred and forty-sixth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

This week's award goes to Friedland Security's UK Home Security Report which according to Sky News's report has discovered the shocking news that:
'The majority of burglars are using social media websites to help target victims and plan their crimes, a survey suggests.

Three quarters of convicted burglars questioned said sites including Google Street View now play a big part in their planning.

A similar amount said Twitter and Facebook - where users 'check in' to locations - are also being used by criminals.

Security expert Jonathan Lim told Sky News: "Burglars are analysing what's going on.

"They can see people's status updates, with people on Twitter saying 'I'm away on holiday having a great time'. If they know where you live it's like an open invitation."

...

"We'll tell them even when we're going away on holidays. We will let them know that we're not in. We're inviting them... round to our house."'
Let's see; putting the news on social media that you are away from your house on holiday might put you at risk from burglars.

"No shit, Sherlock"

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