I Use Twitter, Please Rob Me 403
nk497 writes "Developers looking to prove a point about the information people are sharing on social networking sites have unveiled a new tool called Please Rob Me. It hunts out tweets from people who are also using location-based services telling the world that they're out of town, and then directs the world to go rob their house. The creators of the site said: 'Don't get us wrong, we love the whole location-aware thing. The information is very interesting and can be used to create some pretty awesome applications. However, the way in which people are stimulated to participate in sharing this information is less awesome.' How long until the first actual robbery takes place?"
Re:Release the lawyers.. (Score:5, Informative)
Doubt it, since they obviously don't live in the USA. Good for them, then :)
Re:"How long until the first actual robbery" (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Honeypot (Score:1, Informative)
I just wish the bait cars were full of explosives.
Honestly, Blow up a few car jackers or car thieves and make it REALLY public and suddenly car thefts will go way down.
I'm fairly sure this even if you side step the constitutional protection for due process, this form of summary corporal punishment and/or execution would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:5, Informative)
>Mikepruett
>Mike Pruett | Rochester, MN
>@WheresKiger Just eat at a new fast food place called Nupa Express on 11thAve NW and Civic Center Drive it was GREAT 11:12 PM Sep 15th, 2009
>Domain name: PLEASESUEME.COM
>Pruett, Mike mlt@mltgroup.com
>4012 5th Place NW, Rochester, MN 55901
Give him a call to tell him you appreciate being able to track him: 507-281-3490
Geez SFC (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:3, Informative)
You'd have a better chance in court if you shot them while they were on your property
than if you electrocuted them with a contraption that was clearly non-accidental.
Re:Just because you can... (Score:3, Informative)
I haven't told Foursquare about my Twitter account, or about my Facebook account, or about anything else. I use it because some places I frequent offer discounts to customers who do; that's it.
So -- by default, Foursquare can't talk to anything else; it's your friends who hook it up to Twitter and such who are being the asses.
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:4, Informative)
not sure where you got that premise of the castle doctrine, in most southern states with that law (like texas) you don't have to be in fear for your life, or the intruder even be armed, if at your own residence.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/852831/deadly_force_and_self_defense_to_protect.html?cat=17 [associatedcontent.com]
Pretty much every state says you don't have to retreat from your property instead of deadly confrontation, (ie any "I was scared for my life" defense, if reasonable, would work at home.) Some states even allow you to protect yourself with deadly force to hold your ground in any setting where you are legally allowed to be.
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:3, Informative)
What's the legality of the "severe tire damage" spikes you have in car parks to stop people going the wrong way?
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What's more fun than shooting fish in a barrel? (Score:3, Informative)