The first: does opportunity make the thief? Nine out of ten burglars are so-called opportunistic burglars. These burglars walk through the neighborhood looking for an open door or an open window. They feel back doors to see if they are open or check via the telephone whether people are home. Burglars also appear to break in by listening to voicemails. In Maarssen they called residents with an anonymous number and checked whether they were on vacation (source: July 13 RTV Utrecht). But do they also prepare their raid at home in search of unwary Twitterers or Hyvers?
A second explanation is perhaps: unknown makes (un)loved? Do people mainly see the dangers of 'new' things and not the possibilities? Also with the introduction of Burgernet the idea arose that this system could be used with criminal intentions. Passing on incorrect information to mislead the police, allowing burglars to do their thing. Social media are still relatively new to many, so they do not yet know how to deal with them. Besides, a warned person is worth two.
Someone warns about this potential new form of crime and italy phone number list the rest blindly accept it. We repeat each other, but we don't really know if it's true.
Last but not least: in interrogations of suspects, the investigating detectives will not always ask about it. “How did you know that the residents were not at home? Did you happen to read this on Hyves or Facebook? Or are you also subscribed to their blog page in which they report on their trip through Canada?” And if the detectives do ask, will a burglar then reveal his modus operandi? Will he tell how he monitors the lives of certain people on social media? We do not think so.