Hi burglar, the keys are under the mat
Well, as reported by the Register, it didn’t take long for some enterprising tea leaf in the US to realise that looking at people’s FourSquare and similar updates gave a pretty good indication of whether their house was empty. Obviously they weren’t that smart as they’ve now been caught, however it does serve to remind that throwing out streams of digital footprints does have its downside…..
Ian McDowall, Head of Technology
