he founders of a website, PleaseRobMe. Com, which provides real-time updates on empty homes locations are “irresponsible” for providing a “one stop shop” for burglars, privacy campaigners say.
Please Rob Me website provides minute by minute updates on when people have left their homes. Its founders deny it has been set up solely for burglars. Photo: PLEASEROBME.COM
The Dutch website, launched this week, provides minute-by-minute updates on people who have just left their house.
Privacy campaigners have expressed outrage at the website, which publishes a regular updated stream of “opportunities” by detailing the names of Twitter users, when they left home and where they were currently located.
The three founders of the website denied they were providing a tool for burglars but instead were highlighting the dangers of the newest social networking craze.
They say they were pointing out that users of Foursquare exchange details of their precise location and were putting themselves at danger of becoming robbery victims.
The data it provides on people’s movements is searchable by city or by their Twitter username.
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