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Re: Please Rob Me

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Post by mrcharles »

Now that I think about it, I could make a pretty neat little social engineering mobile game out of this. With the back end tied in to this, you could make a geo-aware app that lets you "tag" people as robbed or whatnot.

Of course, that's more than a little evil, as I'd probably map it, and then you would have a site for sharing all the information associated with opportunities, and I have no doubt that some entrepreneurial spirit would take that information and use it to actually start robbing houses.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Post by noodle »

mortenjorck wrote: post #15

Most of this data is completely useless, because there's no way to tell where these users live, at least without a serious amount of stalking and sleuthing. Unless , of course, they've been geotagging their tweets from a mobile device. In which case it would then be trivial to look at their most frequent location, determine it's a residential one, wait until they're out, and head on over. Which is why I will never en…

all of this is data from foursquare, which is opt-in and does use geotagging. want to know the home address? check out the user's profile.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Post by jrockway »

keefe wrote: post #20
jrockway wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tor is nice, but what anonymity is required for this?

lol well when I'm out committing felonies I prefer not to leave tracks like my IP address visiting pleaserobme.com?

So someone gets robbed, then they subpoena the web logs for pleaserobme.com, and then they arrest everyone who visited the site? That doesn't really scale.

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Post by danskil »

This is an awesome display of the info we freely give out. If this app was fully functional it would also list the nearest pawn shop and crack dealer.

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Post by mrcharles »

mortenjorck wrote: post #15

Most of this data is completely useless, because there's no way to tell where these users live, at least without a serious amount of stalking and sleuthing. Unless , of course, they've been geotagging their tweets from a mobile device. In which case it would then be trivial to look at their most frequent location, determine it's a residential one, wait until they're out, and head on over. Which is why I will never en…

Given that google acts as a phonebook, simply googling someone by real name has a good chance of digging up their address. I picked a friend in the US at random, simply knowing which state he lived in, and I found his phone number, address, and ZIP code. Also a handy link to google maps.

People are no where near as isolated as they'd like to believe.

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Post by scottw »

jrockway wrote: post #14

To be fair, pretty much every single person with a job leaves their home empty all day. Everyone already knows this. I can't wait until I get to read about someone who decided to rob one of these people, but then gets shot to death by the spring gun they set up. Bonus if the spring gun auto-uploads to YouTube.

I was thinking to myself, "Only single people twitter their whereabouts?" I've got plenty of people left in the house when I leave. I don't think leaving the house is as great a risk as some might think.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Post by mrcharles »

ojbyrne wrote: post #19
mortenjorck wrote: post #15

Most of this data is completely useless, because there's no way to tell where these users live, at least without a serious amount of stalking and sleuthing. Unless , of course, they've been geotagging their tweets from a mobile device. In which case it would then be trivial to look at their most frequent location, determine it's a residential one, wait until they're out, and head on over. Which is why I will never en…

Even if their location is available, there's no way to tell if they live alone .

Twenty minutes to make sure no one is in the house followed by a quick peek through the mail box (or windows) will give you a pretty solid idea if they do, though.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Post by yummyfajitas »

jrockway wrote: post #14

To be fair, pretty much every single person with a job leaves their home empty all day. Everyone already knows this. I can't wait until I get to read about someone who decided to rob one of these people, but then gets shot to death by the spring gun they set up. Bonus if the spring gun auto-uploads to YouTube.

Regarding spring guns, fun fact: it is illegal for you to make your home unsafe for burglars and other lawbreakers in most US states.
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