Overview

• Travel experts at Ski Vertigo caution Brits heading away for the bank holiday against real-time location posts, photos of passports or boarding passes, and displays of expensive items.
• Live check-ins and geotags can advertise an empty home and help opportunistic thieves track a traveller's movements.
• Photos of travel documents may expose booking references or barcodes that criminals can use to disrupt trips or commit identity theft.
• Overshared details frequently power phishing attempts, with convincing fake messages that appear to come from airlines, hotels or banks when victims are overseas.
• Suggested safeguards include posting after you return, tightening privacy settings, disabling location services, thinking before you share, and keeping document images off public platforms.