Twitter to Blame for Mac Pro Theft?
An Arizona man with a video business wonders whether indiscreet Tweets cost him a Mac Book Pro, plus monitors and printer while on vacation.
“My wife thinks it could be a random thing, but I just have my suspicions,” Israel Hyman told the AP. “They didn’t take any of our normal consumer electronics.”
While he and his wife were on a trip to Kansas City, Hyman sent updates to around 2,000 followers on Twitter.
The timely thieves left behind an Xbox 360, a Wii and, fortunately, the Drobo where his Time Machine backup was housed. His later tweets note that they also left a “too old” Macbook Pro behind — well, at least he has something to work on while police search for the criminals.
It’s hard to know police will be able to pin the crime to Twitter but keeping schtum about going on vacation — whether digitally or verbally — is kind of common sense.
What’s your social media vacation policy?
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco native who has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. You can find her on 
