Facebook, Twitter Users Could Face Insurance Hikes
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 15:30 (3276/10)
Confused.com, a site that allows users to compare the cost of insurance across different providers, argues that social media services like Foursquare and Buzz can increase the risk of theft by alerting burglars to times when people are out of their homes, thus leading to home insurance hikes by as much as 10 percent in the coming years.
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