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Honestly this is good advice tho. Wait until you’ve returned to post all of your vacation pics.

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OPSEC; operational security. Don’t tell people anything that they could use to victimize you. If you want to share, share things that won’t affect you (such as sharing after everything’s done).

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Can also post pictures of you on vacation when you’re not. See who shows up the house.

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26 points

This is brilliant

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83 points

She’s young enough to have been born in the social media era. My parents didn’t have to worry about posting because the internet wasn’t a thing back then.

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My mom still taught me this without using socials herself, the concept of not letting potentially malicious people know you’re not home (by e.g. leaving your lights on) goes back further than the internet.

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My dad had a friend whose apartment would frequently be broken into. So he started leaving the TV on 24/7, and he never had a break-in again while he lived there.

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yup, grew up always leaving a light on in the house when we were out. my dad always half-joked about putting “trash removal” signs on work trucks to keep people from sniffing around for tools to sell

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21 points

My parents would make sure to suspend the newspaper subscription so it wouldn’t accumulate at the door, indicating you have been away for some time

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Or ask a neighbour to collect your mail, and take in your bins.

I used to use gpo timers to cycle my lamps to simulate occupancy, home alone style.

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We had lights on timers. Neighbors took in the mail. Alarm system over copper phone wire. Low income 80s household.

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5 points

God I’m old

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Hm…

What if I post about going on vacation but what I’m really doing is setting up an elaborate system of Home Alone style traps? 🤔

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37 points

Believe it or not, jail.

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9 points

Thanks Obama.

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58 points

It is a decent cyber security trick.

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