Facebook, we all
know it. Some of us love it. Others not so much. However, we cannot deny that
it has been something that has been used by many, whether we love it, hate it,
or our positively indifferent to it. Naturally, there have been many times
where Facebook has had things posted on it for the world to see, that are
potentially incriminating. Some of those things are not all that legal.
Facebook
Status-Bringing Down Crime One Idiot At a Time
Obviously there may be no such
thing as the perfect crime. Due to the fact that many committing a crime are
not going to be among those who will be able to pull off something without
detection. Ego, lack of intelligence, just being plain sloppy, pick your
poison, but rather there are just times where it seems like they do something
stupid that gets them caught. Most likely telling the wrong person, as they are
going to have to boast that they got away with it. The minute a criminal tells
someone how they got away from it, chances are, they won’t be getting away for
it much longer.
This has been around prior to
Facebook, but it does seem like every time I turn around, there seems to be
many crimes where the criminal’s only flaw in their plan was that they were a
Facebook user and had to boast of their crimes. They might think it is private,
it is safe, but nothing is completely private on the Internet. Even if someone
doesn’t snitch on you, there’s got to be someone keeping an eye out for
potentially illegal activity on Facebook or any other social networking
websites.
So indeed, posting that you are
at the place where you are committing the crime as you are committing the crime
is stupid. Posting pictures of what you have robbed on Facebook, also stupid.
And let’s not forget, logging onto Facebook at the house of the people you are
robbing, on your computer, and forgetting to log out might be an even more bone
headed move.
We are thankful that there are a
lot of idiot criminals out there, I think in many ways. Facebook(and other
social networks), can be something that has caused these criminals to be
hoisted on their own petard.
