In my last post, I outlined the potential dangers of using Twitter to give out excessive amounts of information.  Here, I'll talk about using Twitter against anyone you may have around more than you want.  If you have a stalker, the first thing you should do is contact the police.  They can help you stay safe and they'll do their best to apprehend the person causing you trouble. If an ex-boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife is giving you problems, you should get a restraining order immediately.  This will give police a rock solid case against them and give you more power to keep them away.  If these don't work, it may be time to take a little offensive action.

If you think the stalker or ex-lover is also tracking you online, there's a good chance he's got your Twitter page.  They know that you post your activities and plans on there and they plan on using this against you.  You can inform the police of the continued problem and let them know your plan to use Twitter to bring the suspect in easily.  You may have to do some explaining, I'm not bashing police officers but I'm sure more than a few are too busy to know what Twitter is.  It would be a trivial thing to setup a sting operation where the police are waiting on the person while you go do something, expecting him to find you.  All you'd have to do is post to Twitter about a public place you were going to be where they might find you.  You'll have to find a suitable situation to bait them into, depending on the aggressiveness of your enemy and the police could help you with that.  Then all you have to do is bait and wait.

Make SURE you have the police as backup before you attempt any of this and make SURE you don't try to take matters into your own hands.  If you do, you could bring down the law on yourself instead of your target.  I encourage police to look to this method more, especially in large tech-oriented cities where more of the population might use Twitter or other social networking outlets.

On a totally unrelated note, here's my Twitter :)  Don't get any big ideas, all you'll learn from me there is what kind of beers I've been drinking.