Online Predators are Targeting Children Webcams

The Internet Watch Foundation reports that since 2019, there has been an increase in sexual abuse imagery generated with webcams and other recording devices worldwide.

One of the most frequently used platforms to contact kids is social media chatrooms, through which abuse may happen both online and offline. Predators are increasingly leveraging technological advancements to commit sexual abuse with the aid of technology.

Once a predator has succeeded in getting access to a child’s webcam, the content is then used to record, produce and distribute child pornography.

Chatbots: How was the Study Conducted

A team of criminologists, studying cybercrime and cybersecurity, conducted research to investigate the methodologies used by online predators to hack children’s webcams.

For this, the researchers posed as children (potential victims) to assess the movements of online predators. They started by creating several automated chatbots to lure online predators in some of the chatrooms popular among children.

The bots are programmed in a way that they would not initiate any conversation and will respond only to users who are above 18 years of age.

Furthermore, they are programmed to start each conversation by mentioning their age, sex, and location. This was done to ensure that the conversations documented were with individuals ov

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