Monday, October 29, 2018

Dangerous Apps in the News


Gene has developed a presentation on Dangerous Apps. Recent news articles referred to two of them. Contact us if you have a group that would be interested in this presentation, PTA, rotary, church, synagogue, etc. Of course it is free.

‘CNN-The University of Utah track athlete shot dead by an ex-boyfriend told police she'd recently sent the man $1,000 to keep compromising photos from being posted online, university officials revealed Thursday…Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old senior from Pullman, Washington, was slain Monday night on the campus in Salt Lake City, police said.’ (CNN, October 29, 2018)
[SnapChat is a leading website where teens send sexy selfies to boyfriends.]
Orcas Island-‘Eastound resident Christian Hogle, 53, is accused of distributing child pornography…According to court documents, an agent with Homeland Security began investigating Hogle in June 2017 after the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified “Kik” messenger program users who were sending images and videos of child pornography to each other.’ (SanJuanJournal.com, Aug, 2018)
[Kik messenger is a popular chatting program Washington teens use that has no parental controls.]