Any teenager can be a cyberattacker now, parents warned

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duxup · 2d ago

>parents warned

It's not really the point of the article (some of these folks in the story are adults) but I was thinking about this.

I always wonder about these warnings to parents, if they have any use.

Are any parents who would hear / listen to such a warning have kids at who are seriously at risk?

As a parent I hear other parents talk about various risks, and I always think "Uh ... yeah your kid is the last kid I think would do that." and so on. The parents who are less present / have other challenges / aren't connected with their kids, they aren't bringing these things up.

bediger4000 · 2d ago

Sure they have use - as a way to whip up a "moral panic". The parents of the kids who are likely to do this aren't the intended audience. It's other, uptight, morally upstanding citizens who are the target.

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Any teenager can be a cyberattacker now, parents warned

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