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Criminals can use social media as a tool for finding targets for their crimes.
U.K. insurance company, Legal & General, took a survey of 2,092 users of social networking Web sites. Almost four out of ten (38 percent) of those who use social media at places like Twitter or Facebook post their vacation plans. Potential burglars could find this information valuable in seeking targets of crime.
The report titled "The Digital Criminal," said that criminals could obtain vital, personal information from online users of social media.
As part of the study a European market researcher Opinion Matters, sent 100 'friend' or 'follow' requests to randomly selected strangers and 13 percent were accepted on Facebook while 92 percent were accepted on Twitter.
More importantly, the study determined that almost two-thirds (64 percent) of 16-24 year olds shared vacation information.
The insurer noted that an alarmingly high proportion of users are prepared to be 'friends' online with people they don't really know.
The company concluded that the practices of people using these sites present a "serious risk to the security of people's home and contents."
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