A cybersecurity expert says certain features on social media require a 21st-century approach to parenting after a 20-year-old New Brunswick man was charged with child luring and sexual assault using the popular photo app Snapchat. New Brunswick RCMP laid 19 charges against the man, including child luring, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.Snapchat, which is used to send photos back and forth, has a feature called SnapMap where others can see your location if you have it turned on.While in the vicinity of other people, you can add people nearby.Police allege that is what the man did under two different usernames. In some cases, police said girls who were lured in the Fredericton and Oromocto areas met up with the 20-year-old and were sexually assaulted. Story continues below advertisement Cybersecurity expert David Shipley, who also founded and owns Beauceron Security, said tech companies do not think through all the ways a feature may make their users – mainly people under the age of 18 – vulnerable to exploitation.“I know that parents are busy, I know they are tired, I know they are overwhelmed by all this technology being thrown at them and their children, particularly over the last two years,” he…
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Parents must play 'more active role' to keep kids safe on apps: cybersecurity expert – Global News
