Is your status update also a red flag for danger?
In this digital age when our whole lives are online, it is no surprise that security has become an increasing concern of many. Whilst you're busy worrying about your privacy settings on Facebook and whether your boss is able to see your status updates, there are more pressing issues at hand. Your social media profile that you so religiously update daily with your latest purchases and your check-ins to fancy restaurants makes you a perfect target for cyber criminals.
Your real-time updates on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter of your other half working late again will present itself as a perfect opportunity for a crime. After all, it does not take a lot to infer from a well-populated social network account to know you live in say Bangsar. Your recent status update on the construction of the MRT that's going on opposite your house makes it easier to narrow down your location. If that's not enough, they can always refer to that photo of your car parked in your driveway to figure out which one is your house. On top of all that, that picture you took outside Putrajaya as you waited for your hubby to finish work is a giveaway that it's going to take a while before he gets home.
