The Web site
PleaseRobMe.com a spoof using the Foursquare API to show how people could take advatage of the information posted on check-in services never actually
resulted in any crimes being committed (as far as police know, at least), but Facebook Places has.
A burglary ring in New Hampshire used Places to alert them when people were out, and
sucessfully robbed 50 houses before police caught up with them. Techcrunch's Eric Schonfeld offers, "This seems like a good time to revisit Please Rob Me's
mission
statement."
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