Regarding Foursquare and Please Rob Me

The more things change

“… Anyone who wants to can see a list of all the events you are planning on attending? It’s like a stalker’s delight.”

Comment about Upcoming.org from September 23, 2003, six days after launch

“It’s bad enough we’re using real names and telling people where we’ve been. Now it’s like prepping someone for the best times to try robbing your apartment.”

Comment from June 2005

Further back, from the Montreal Gazette, September 1983

From 1977, don’t list your weddings or funerals in the paper, unless you want to get robbed…

4 Comments to “Regarding Foursquare and Please Rob Me”

  1. Christopher Thompson 21 February 2010 at 19:51 #

    I think robbery is still illegal, right?

  2. Jochen Lillich 21 February 2010 at 19:56 #

    Yes, at least in all countries I’m familiar with, robbery is illegal. :-)

  3. sascha assbach 22 February 2010 at 09:06 #

    sehe hier unkommentierten zynismus, richtig? stimmt schon, sind auch sehr gute beispiele hier…ich finds trotzdem wichtig das bewusstsein für privacy grade heute nochmal zu wecken und aufzufrischen, weil durch die einfachheit und den spielcharakter von apps wie gowalla und foursquare vergisst man sowas schnell.

  4. sascha assbach 22 February 2010 at 09:06 #

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