A social media account is not your itinerary book, be careful!

When most people think of their home security, the first things that click on their mind is lockable doors, a good gate, a German Shepherd and even a faithfully tithing neighbour.

In this age just like the world has gone ‘digital’, the criminal enterprise has also gone digital, most crimes are either aided by digital technology or committed via digital technology.

How many are concerned that their digital presence on social media is a potential security threat to their homes and themselves?

How many take their social media content as a security matter?

Just last month, a friend decided to take his family to Coast for a holiday,

On arrival he did what most of us on the digital space usually do. #MombasaManenos, he posted a photo of his family enjoying their holiday.

On travelling back home he got a surprise of his life, not that early Santa had passed by his home bearing some gifts and left them at his pouch but his furniture and electronics were no longer present at his home, his house had been emptied.

Somebody so daring had all the time to break-in dismantle beds and other pieces furniture, pack electronics and transport, our estimate was they must have made several trips transporting the loot.

We tried to zero in what could have transpired and the question on our mind was; who knew he was away? The confidence of the thieves depicted somebody who knew the family was away and not coming back soon.

No neighbour possibly knew the family was away due to homes distances and the only thing we were left with was social media friends who knew him and his home, somebody who had seen he was at the coast with family from his Facebook post.

Are you a fan of posting your location on social media?

Can somebody know your home from your social media activities? Can somebody know where you are at a particular time from your social media activity and posts?

We are in an era where you can establish someone’s routine and modus operandi from their social media. One can know even our families and number of family members even without meeting us. One can even draw the architectural design of our houses from the sitting room to the washroom without even visiting. One can identify where you hangout and when just from our social media accounts.

We post where we are and with who, what we are doing and where, when we will do, with who and where, we even tag our google location to be accurate.

Who are you broadcasting your to? Can the information you put on social media be a key to your security harm, that of your home, family or friend?

Many ignore the fact that Social media is a media like no other like a television or a radio. Information broadcasted lands on all types of people; enemies, potential enemies and friends.

Social media is not a family photo album or an itinerary book, people ought to be careful what they put out.

During this festive season how many people know you are at your “ocha” from social media? We must prioritise our personal security over cyber fun, criminals are everywhere including your social media friends list.

Stay safe from now onwards.