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NYPD Using Social Networking Sites To Catch Criminals

112110fb.jpg From the braggadocio files: NYPD are now regularly monitoring Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube to try to catch big-mouthed criminals who like to brag about their illegal activities. They caught Manhattan thief James Roberts that way; he boasted about his new bling on MySpace days after mugging a man at a Chelsea bus stop, and even put pictures up wearing the watch and ring he stole. Police called Facebook "instrumental" in busting up a ring of drug dealers who sold coke, ecstasy and dope at nightclubs like Rebel and the Roseland Ballroom last year, and gangs regularly have their own MySpace pages with easy-to-identify pictures. "It's almost become unfair. Facebook and MySpace are killing these guys," said one law-enforcement source.

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  • OSN!

    Why do people still put shit online, easily attributed to them, that they shouldn't? What is their major malfunction? You got folks putting up questionable social and political views, questionable photos, etc., all easily attributed to them. Anyone with a half ass desire can easily find out all kinds of stuff about people most wouldn't want to be made public or be widely known. Millions of people are regretting and will regret posting facebook and myspace pages. Ditto stuff like yahoo accounts and gmail/google. If you post shit using your legit account and don't set up the privacy settings, stuff you may not have wanted to be widely viewed will be known to anyone with your email address.

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