Tell the boys constantly to scrub their social media.
No PII.
Don’t accept unknown friends.
These kids are growing up in a Facebook world.
It’s going to bite us at some point.
An op will be compromised, a family member will get Cindy Sheehan at their door... or worse yet, an actual bad guy will make a move.
Shut it down. Lock it up. You don’t need 1500 fake friends.
Almost had an argument with my wife on a recent vacation... set a rule.. no “checking in” from anywhere out of town, no posting pics til we get home, no status or board updates. Private messages, preferably an actual normal text, or nothing.
The social media craze has become such an ingrained part of life... common sense fails. Sure, let’s just tell the world we’re 3000 miles from home. The dogs and the house sitter would love some company.
Think about this... we all have that one friend or family member who runs in the wrong crowd. Well all of their low life friends communicate on social media, count on it. And all of those folks are just 2 clicks from seeing everything you post. The druggies, the thieves, the derelict... it’s not just the identity theft crowd, or the jihadist, it is all of them.... from the guy who ‘just’ wants to steal your kid’s bike for a weekend rock to the guy who would slit your wive’s throat while shouting allahua akbar. And every piece of scum in between. Everything you post is just a click away.
And if you think Facebook’s privacy settings will save you, think of them like the old school 3ft front yard white picket fence... all it does is keep the honest people honest.
Break the pattern and get neighbors involved in watching for people who don't belong.
Well said!