“Dear burglar, you, who has access to my profile in public. I inform you that I leave by train, this evening, for the weekend, 300 km from here with all my small family. The house is completely free! “This publication of the Hérault gendarmes is full of likes, on Facebooksince Wednesday: in this post, the military use humor to alert residents never to indicate that they are going on vacation on social networks.
The gendarmes go further, describing the details that can help burglars in their misdeeds. “You can type in my name, and get my address on Google, and you regularly have my running routes on running apps, so you’ll see the little path behind the house to get there! (…) You saw the children’s rabbit in the photo, you suspect that the neighbor is coming to feed it, the keys are under the flowerpot. »
“Do not publish your vacation dates on the networks! »
The military also warns about publishing photos of tablets or computers, which can also direct malicious individuals. And about posting all those doings while on vacation. That, too, is valuable to burglars.
“Morality of the story, protect yourself, indicate the gendarmes of Hérault. Do not tempt burglars. Do not publish your vacation dates on the networks! »