To think influencers lack of safety is frustrating

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I follow an influencer on instagram. She actually lives local to me and seems to be a nice person. However she's moved home and just done a complete home tour and put this on youtube.
She went into every single room and described where the room was. She is going to continue uploading videos around how they are decorating and furnishing the rooms. The house is very grand and lovely so I would imagine the items in the house will also be that.
She is not the only one who has done this. Mrs Hinch has previously and other influencers.
Do they not think about theirs and their children's safety. Do they not think people may try to burgle their homes. They have just given them the blue print to the home. Do they not worry they tell strangers what room their child is sleeping in, that their back garden has no fence. I just don't get it? Is money and views more important than safety?

AIBU for thinking this?

I mean if grown adults wanna take that risk the it’s on them.

What angers me is when they have their children plastered all over social media without the children’s informed consent. To make money by leveraging your children for attention is gross.

I really do think in a decade or two there will be some sort of class action lawsuits against social media platforms/parents for all the unauthorised consent of people’s images. These influencers should learn from the Beckhams that using your children to promote a daily brand, at the expense of their privacy and safety, risks them seeing the light and going NC one day

It was and made me feel very vulnerable for a while. I didn't have much jewellery but there was a few sentimental bits that I still miss. They must have been gutted with their haul. In terms of the pillowcase, it's actually a really normal thing for them to do and they grab one whatever they take. Easy to ditch and means they won't get caught with equipment on their way. There wasn't any grand master plan it was opportunistic and the emotional impact was far costlier than the financial one.

@YiddlySquat I think a lot of kids will have issues later BUT I also see a lot of kids who are used by parents who then think it’s normal & that they are famous.
but imo no 8 year old needs 10k followers

You’ve answered your own question. Yes, money and views are more important than their safety.

Absolute bastards. You must have felt violated. We stayed in a villa once that was broken into and robbed whilst we were (luckily) out, I was really frightened

Presumably they haven't had any security issues which ironically goes to show that nobody really cares and that most of the crap these 'influencers' promote has no real value. Nobody wants to steal seasonal decor or laundry fragrance boosters. I doubt they have harassment at the doorstep unless they're content is political or controversial in some way and the ones who do this don't tend to vlog their homes and families for obvious reasons.

IMO if we’re going to make social media illegal for under 16s that should extend to under 16s appearing on adults’ social media.

Exactly. There was a thread a while ago about how the OP's cleaner had posted pics of (inside), the OP's house online, and quite a few people were wittering on about how it was somehow a massive security risk. In reality it is not going to come as a surprise to the burgling community that the big house with 2 new Range Rovers parked outside has some nice stuff in it. Unless you are revealing the location of your safe, or that you have a Van Gogh hanging in the living room, or that you are given to leaving bundles of £50 notes lying about the place, it's really not going to make any difference.

They lack a lot of common sense. Putting every detail of where they live, what they own, their daily routine of when they leave the house etc, where their kids go to school, when they’re away on holiday online for the world to see.

It’s a huge safe guarding issue with regards to the kids and makes them open targets for burglars.

Yet they’ll moan about their privacy not being protected when sites like tattle talk about their lack of common sense and bring it to light.

I think anyone who advertises their life on line is nutty but everyone seems to be doing it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Kim Kardashian learnt the hard way that it is not a good idea to put your whole life on social media flashing your money about. She was robbed of over £7 million worth of jewellery in a Paris hotel room! Must have been terrifying. After this, she must have cut down how much she posted on social media.

What happened to Kim Kardashian was extreme but being so open about your life on social media is very risky.

My 18 year old son makes more money than me making videos on YouTube. I’d say that was a proper job. Are you jealous or something?

Depends how much money you make I suppose.

I agree but I think anyone who flashes their wealth, big houses, every detail of their lives etc are asking for trouble. I remember Helen Flanagan getting robbed after posting pics of her house she shared with a footballer and then posting that he had gone out for the night and she was home alone.

This and re She went into every single room and described where the room was. She is going to continue uploading videos around how they are decorating and furnishing the rooms. The house is very grand and lovely so I would imagine the items in the house will also be that how else do you think she’s going to fill it? #sponsored items?!

My main concern is their kid's general safety and well being rather than them being burgled but yes YANBU, they seem to lack any common sense.

Sophie May Dickson (Blinging up baby) is the most concerning "influencer"/social media poster I've ever come across in terms of concern about her children and over a decade of people shouting their concerns hasn't been enough for her to pack it in. Her eldest's struggles have ended so sadly. 😔

I don't think influencers should be allowed to monetise their children. It's exploitative and just .... Grim. 😔

Oh some definitely do. Especially the ones that target antiques or high end jewellery. Back in the day they loved the lifestyle magazines where the rich and stupid invited in photos and advertised their possessions in full colour spreads.Nothing new under the sun.

Perhaps not so different from estate agents posting sales particulars online?

Oh come on! They are two very different crimes. One wouldn't matter what they were wearing and is definitely not the victims fault.
Videoing your home with all your fancy stuff in your home and telling someone where all your jewellery, handbags, silverware is stored is silly and if anything were to be stolen of large value could have been preventable.

Also I'm really sorry to the people who have been burgled, it must have been awful. I agree alot of them are smash and grabs and not thought threw. However, these are slightly different as there are organised crime gangs who do look for these planned opportunities. It's happened many times.

Someone asked why I was bothered, well I guess it's to do with the job i'm in and I find it hard the lack of common sense sometimes to keep themselves and their families safe. There are so many nut jobs on the internet.

With the rightmove stuff, I guess you're right. Personally I think you should only be able to see the homes if you sign up and they have your details or some other way of doing it.

I know and her mum has had stuff stolen and I believe at her old property people were showing up.
I'm part of another forum and I remember on that thread crazy people on there found the location of her new house just based on the pictures she had posted of her home on instagram. Honestly it was mental!

I would think they should be more cautious for personal safety, we see how unhinged ppl can be in comments on SM. One I follow on TikTok, routinely shares the view of her street; the school in it so very easy to pinpoint her home, posts her kids with school badges on show. Seems a nice person but I’m mystified why she’s not a bit more sensible.

Burglars already know where the grand and lovely houses are. Garden fences are no obstacle to them. If they were of a mind, they could easily and quickly locate a child's bedroom. They don't need online "blueprints" to carry out their misdeeds.

I don’t really follow lifestyle influencers as such but there is someone who posts cooking videos online (she did well in a TV show a few years back) and she also sometimes posts ‘get dressed with me’ videos including herself in underwear. These come up on Facebook reels.

She is a very attractive woman and I think this is a gift to perverts and stalkers, especially as she also sometimes posts videos of herself outside on the street. Plus described her general area of London when buying a new house. I don’t even follow her but the algorithm has sent me this information.

Those who live in London know that the housing stock tends to fall into a few different styles by area, so it really wouldn’t be too hard to use Rightmove and Streetview to narrow down the area in which she lives. It seems risky to me, especially since this was illustrated by the plot against Holly Willoughby.

The less influencers there are in the world the better it will be. If they want to put themselves in harms way so be it.

Shes Just moved in and only posted the video so no none YET.
She has way over 1 million on insta and tiktok so she usnt a smaller influencer. Funny thing is she used to be a teacher so you'd think she would have thought about safeguarding etc. She does occasionally show her child on SM too. Which I dont agree with.