Home Insurance Rise for people which use Geo-based Social Networking

Hello All, 

Confused.com, a UK insurance comparison site, announced that they will start charging people a premium on their home insurance if they make use of geolocation features in social networking sites : 

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2010/09/15/comparison-site-warns-of-insurance-hikes-for-social-networking-users-91466-27268180/

This is simply hilarious, and I guess inspired by the "please rob me" services which have been popping up around the web ...

Happy insurance shopping, my social network savy friends :)

Mischa
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Mischa Tuffield PhD
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Received on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 09:32:06 UTC