Comments on: Private Eyes Are Watching You: Twitter Oversharing and Its Bizarre Real-World Consequences

By: Rob Gokee

Rob Gokee — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:43:41 +0000

This makes me want to check in more accurately so that guy calls me at the coffee shop. Then I can goad him into showing up in person by talking about his mother.

I’m not even going to get into the fact that he said it was “four black guys” breaking into the house. What a douche.

By: Nothing

Nothing — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:20:33 +0000

I’ve never given my personal info on 4s and am glad I don’5. I check in to my apt complex, but you’d have to be stalking me to know which unit I’m in, and if one is stalking me, chances are, he already knows. But who is dumb enough to rob a studio apt anyway! Engoy my dirty clothes, sucker.
My 4s pic isn’t even of me, I don’t want to open those doors. It’s easy to keep pirvacy while using these sites, just use your head. The people that can and will hack/stalk beyond the abilities/concerns of thmaking an effort to e avg person would likely find that stuff anyway. But keep that info from everybody else is a smart idea.

By: Best HD TV

Best HD TV — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:17:49 +0000

Ya i have heard about this its really stupid that this happends. What i say on the internet shouldnt effect me in the real world unless im commiting a crime of some sorts.

By: BTLH

BTLH — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:21:37 +0000

“Roy” called me yesterday while at a restaurant/happy hour. The host told me I had a phone call, and Roy told me he was coming to the restaurant to have an intervention with me and my friend because we check into too many bars on FourSquare. It scared me, but I had a feeling it was more of a prank than a serious stalker. I’m most likely going to delete my FourSquare account and make my tweet private.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:29:30 +0000

“Privacy is over” kind of a Scott McNealy quote there, from 10 years ago.

By: bradyo

bradyo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:26:35 +0000

that’s for the tip, you take it for granted on who is really watching your feed. haven’t used foursquare yet but might have to think twice before i start. aloha for the tips.

By: Roy Gerbil

Roy Gerbil — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39:08 +0000

Sound like the work of those shifty PLA people who have an entire page devoted to pranks on Foursquare users, many of them made by a guy named Roy. http://www.phonelosers.org has an article about Foursquare and a podcast with the calls.

By: reggie

reggie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:23:13 +0000

More scary stuff:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/02/browser-history-hijack-social-networks-lost-anonymity.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

By: claire stokoe

claire stokoe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:41:50 +0000

I hated the idea of pleaserobme when i heard about it a few months back, it really is inviting people to become victims of crime.

With geotagging all of our activities are becoming exposed, we do have to stay aware of where they are being tagged too? My iphone logs me back in on my geo location sometimes without me asking it too, and the idea that people can find you that are perhaps stalking you via your blog or tweets.. is creepy.

Glad you didn’t get caught out, although you sound too smart to anyhow.

PS: “i just saw two black guys stealing your car, can i just check where you left it?”

By: Ron Davis

Ron Davis — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:33 +0000

I recently found out that a foursquare user who added me as a friend had given me way more information about herself than she should have.

I blogged about it here: http://www.moreron.com/2010/03/08/foursquare-a-stalkers-delight/