I'm Gone. Please Rob Me.

Updating your status frequently online could cost you. Multiple stories have surfaced about individuals being burglarized after posting their "out-of-town" whereabouts on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Now insurance companies are getting in on the action. "(Some) predict that after customers get burglarized and file claims on stolen property, the insurance companies will probably investigate to see whether the customer broadcast information over social networks in a way that constitutes 'negligence.' They could also make 'social networker' the homeowners insurance equivalent of 'chain smoker' in health insurance -- a category of customers who are charged higher premiums."

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