Why you shouldn’t post travel photos on social media

As it is a trip left after a long stay at home, the desire to leave it as a photo on social media grows. However, The Sun reported that experts agreed that travel photos should not be recklessly posted on social media.

I understand that people who are tired of quarantine due to Corona 19 are excited to go on a trip after a while. But if they do it wrong, they become targets of thieves. Experts warn that more and more criminals are using social media to find vacant homes.

As more and more people share photos of their daily life online, he explained that repeated exposure of their homes with photos makes them more vulnerable to crime. Criminals looking for opportunities find the address of their home and use it to figure out when the house is vacant.

Some home insurers even added that when a thief breaks into a house, they can check whether the individual has stated on social media. So he has vacated the house by taking a photo, which can put this at a disadvantage against the individual.

Ruby Gonzalez, director of communications at NordVPN, told Cosmopolitan. “It’s fun to post pictures of me enjoying a cocktail on a sunny beach on social media so everyone can know. “But it gives the thieves a clear message that your home is empty.”

In fact, a survey of more than 2,000 people in the UK answer like this. 1 in 12 people had their home stolen after they geotagged and shared travel photos on social media.

It is better to post photos of your trip on social media after coming home. If you still want to do it. Or you can exclude geotags so that your followers don’t know exactly where your photos are.