Many people don’t worry about how much information they share on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Foursquare, etc. With people entering more detailed information, including geolocation data, maybe they should. At least that’s what Barry Borsboom, Boy van Amstel and Frank Groeneveld of PleaseRobMe.com believe.

They drove that point home by creating PleaseRobMe.com, which shows the most recent Foursquare checkins that were posted to Twitter as potential burglary targets. They stated that the purpose of the site is not to help burglars to pick potential targets. They created the site because they believe that giving away your location on social networks doesn’t just tell people where you are. It also tells where you aren’t, which is at home. So, they made their site to bring awareness to that fact to the masses.

I agree with their sentiment. To make that information useful though, the thief has to know where you live. If you’re smart enough not to share your address on those same social networks, you’re probably not giving away everything in your efforts to become the mayor of your favorite spots on Foursquare. Of course, those people who check in at their homes on Foursquare or who show their GPS coordinates on their iPhone are opening themselves up to the potential to get robbed in the future.

Now, I don’t want anyone to panic though. The point of this post isn’t to freak people out. It’s to get people to think before they share information on social networks. Are you giving out too much information? Like your name, the name of your kids, pictures of them and mentioning where they go to school? If so, wake up, clean up the information you share online and think about what you should and shouldn’t be sharing online. Be smart, be safe and, by the way, did I mention I’m now the Mayor of Cannery Row?