He got his guns stolen cause of info he posted on facebook

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Yes, well, he posted his address and the fact he had guns.

Just remember two things:

1. Nothing you post on the internet (including facebook) is truly private.
2. Once you post something on the internet it's out there forever. Even if you delete it.
 
Heh, Facebook can be a magnet for problems, ranging from thefts to job firings to divorces. It still amazes me that people post about the new 60" flatscreen they bought and that they're going on vacation to Disney World the following week.
 
Since you can prohibit anything you post on Facebook from being seen by anyone you do not allow as friends, the victim apparently knew the perp. All my friends already know I have guns and where I live. Most of them know where and when I work. Me thinks the victim needs to be a tad more selective on who his friends are.
 
I am old fogie and I resent that some businesses have now decided that you need to communicate with them via facebook. I often wonder about people that have to constantly communicate, usually one way, with the world. I would rather be thinking that communicating personall issues.
 
You all think you are anonymous on here? You could be tracked down as well, and it's likely that you own guns.
 
Bubbles said:
Bear in mind that anything you post on FB belongs to FB under their TOS, and they do sell data.
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Sooooo, you are saying they sell member addresses to criminals? If that's not what you are saying, what does that hafta do with the OP?

goon said:
You all think you are anonymous on here? You could be tracked down as well, and it's likely that you own guns.
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......exactly.
 
Onward Allusion said:
Heh, Facebook can be a magnet for problems, ranging from thefts to job firings to divorces. It still amazes me that people post about the new 60" flatscreen they bought and that they're going on vacation to Disney World the following week.
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I agree 100%!

As I type this we are driving back from a 5 day out of state vacation. I explicitly told my wife NOT to post jack about us being on vacation or out of state. With 300+ "friends" and all their friends that would b able to see posts (if they commented) that's a lot of people that would know our house would be easy pickings.

Last year we were in Oklahoma for 3 days and I saw her hosting pictures and flipped out. I was nervous the whole trip that someone was pillaging my house at 3am.
 
Makes me think of the geniuses that list their guns in their signatures in some forums.
Or "Show yer stuff!" threads.

It is sad that there can be bad results.
 
Sooooo, you are saying they sell member addresses to criminals? If that's not what you are saying, what does that hafta do with the OP?
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People believe that because their profile is private, whatever they post is available only to their friends. It's not. While it's not available to the public, it is included in data that gets sold.

Do I know how FB screens purchasers? No. But because the data does get out, I don't post anything I wouldn't want known by 1) the authorities, or 2) criminals.
 
Like I said in another post, a guy in my town posted details of his upcoming trip to Europe on Facebook and theives backed a truck up to his house and cleaned out all his valuables.
 
That guy's been on a couple other forums posting the same story and stirring up drama in general.
 
You all think you are anonymous on here? You could be tracked down as well, and it's likely that you own guns.
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Winner Winner chicken dinner... if you wanted to use the internet to find guns owners this would be a goldmine.
 
Let's face it, if you've ever sold something on the trader and had someone mail you a check, or used your home phone-number in a classifieds advertisement, the information's out there.

This guy's problem was more skeezy friends or friends-of-friends than anything else.
 
I would think people selling guns on gun boards would be quite prone to theft.. The reason is that they give out personal information and even tell people where they live at times. Also, they advertise, sometimes, very expensive goods for sale. That is one reason I would never have someone come to my house to purchase a firearm, no matter how they would think about it. What better place to find people with large gun collections then on gun boards. There are plenty of prowlers here and everywhere else on the internet. Beware!
 
Those silly apps that allow people to show others where they are physically at via social networking and mobile phones are what really scare me, mainly because the target audience is our youth.

Yet the data here is just as vunerable and more visible.
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As is using part of your given name for your screen name. :)

I've done quite a bit of work contracting with government agencies. The majority of the tools they use to track people down aren't top secret CSI type stuff...it is usually simple things like tax records and social networking sites that are available to any of us, free of charge. There are even free sites available to the public that aggregate all of these information sources into one friendly search engine. I input my own name and found a map to my house courtesy of the public records act and tax listings. Have a a government job like my ex-girlfriend? It will list your salary and position title under the same freedom of information provisions. It also linked directly to her facebook and twitter pages since they were listed under her name and birthday.
 
Do I know how FB screens purchasers? No. But because the data does get out, I don't post anything I wouldn't want known by 1) the authorities, 2) criminals, or 3) my boss or coworkers
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Fixed it for ya.
 
Don't forget to have your name and address removed from the phone book, or somebody might discover where you live.

The feds have had my fingerprints since I applied for a summer job at the National Bureau of Standards in 1967.
 
I like it when people post on facebook where they live and when they are going on vacation. Stupid.
 
Sooooo, what to do is put up pictures of some nice guns and that you don't have a gun safe, the guns are just under your mattress in a certain bedroom, then a while later post that you have to go out of town with your family for a week.

Let the robbers come when you have been hiding your car in your neighbor's driveway and you get to meet the burglars face-to-face.

In other words, set up a sting operation.
You can even invite the police in on it!

This is especially true if there have been many burglaries in your area over the past year or so.
 
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