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Brett Lee Former Undercover Cyber Detective – Predators Online & Your Kids

Brett Lee Former Undercover Cyber Detective – Predators Online & Your Kids

Brett Lee Undercover Cyber Detective

My guest this week on Digital Families is Former detective Brett Lee who worked as a Queensland Police Officer for 22 years, 16 of which as a detective in the field of Child Exploitation. Brett has been personally involved with the interview, location, arrest and prosecution of hundreds of online criminals and predators. 

In his investigative role, Brett spent years and thousands of hours using the internet under the guise of fictitious children and adults, both male and female. This unprecedented view of the online world enables Brett to view the cyber world through the eyes of a child yet stand back and process this experience with the mind of an adult.

Brett now runs Internet Safe Education a business established in 2008. Internet Safe Education delivers training, speaking and consultancy worldwide in the field of digital compliance including internet safety and cyberbullying. Brett Lee is the author of “Screen Resolution” a book where Brett describes his experiences in real and powerful terms, profiling predator behaviours and exposing their sinister intentions.

In this podcast Brett informs parents about how to protect their children from online predators and pedophiles. He discusses the games and social media platforms these people use to lure children into dangerous situations.

TikTok, Instagram, Roblox, and Minecraft are some of the most popular platforms for teens and children, and therefor are most used by predators to groom children. The Omegle platform is also one of the most explicit and dangerous sites for any teen or child to use, not safe for adults either. We talk about Omegle in this podcast, but urge parents NOT to ask children specifically about Omegle, in case the child then goes searching for it.

Chances are, if your child spends any amount of time in online games, or social media they may have already come across a predator. Maybe they blocked them? or maybe they became your child’s best online friend.

What are the 5 things that a predator needs to have success in grooming a child? Brett Lee outlines how to help your child navigate this tricky space.

If parents have any concerns about a person connecting with their child online, call the police and report to www.eSafety.gov.au

Screen Resolution Brett Lee’s Book

Internet Safe Education Brett’s website

Brett Lee on Facebook

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Kids Messaging App Safety Tips – Discord Review

Kids Messaging App Safety Tips – Discord Review

The biggest danger with messaging apps for younger children is unsupervised conversations, bullying, video privacy safety, sharing adult content, sexting and risk of contact by strangers. With children using devices more and more to connect during this pandemic, it is essential that parents understand how to encourage their children to use messaging apps with safety.… Continue Reading

Snapchat, Musical.ly, and Instagram – 8 Year Old Children on 13+ Apps

Snapchat, Musical.ly, and Instagram – 8 Year Old Children on 13+ Apps

Reflections on 2017 This year I’ve been to Perth, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania, Townsville and Griffith among other exotic locations. It is fascinating to see how each location differs with their approach to online safety and how the community is, or is not… getting involved. I was heartened to see some of the smaller communities I visited like Kangaroo… Continue Reading

Parents Guide To Twitter

Parents Guide To Twitter

There’s been a few media stories last week about Twitter exposing young people to pornography. Twitter is an adult social media platform, and all adult social media platforms have adult content and pornography. So… nothing new here. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, even Musical.ly all have various amounts and levels of pornography and adult content. Twitter’s pornography is… Continue Reading

Are Your Instagram Photos Giving Away Your Home Location?

Are Your Instagram Photos Giving Away Your Home Location?

Many Instagram users are inadvertently giving away private locations through their Instagram photos to followers. How? You may have never noticed that there is a photo map in Instagram that shows where all, or some of your photos were taken. If you have always had location services disabled for your Instagram account you may not see any photos… Continue Reading

Ashely Madison Hack, Schadenfreude or Sympathy?

Ashely Madison Hack, Schadenfreude or Sympathy?

There are more qualified security experts than I who can tell you the “How, Why and the What To Do” in regards to the Ashley Madison website hack. But, as I’m constantly banging on about privacy and online safety I can’t ignore this train wreck of an online crime, which is what it is. It is… Continue Reading

Are YouNow, Periscope And Meerkat Safe For Kids?

Are YouNow, Periscope And Meerkat Safe For Kids?

YouNow is a public live video streaming app that has been around a few years. I’ve written about it before, but due to some increased publicity around this app, will mention it again. If you visit www.younow.com you can view YouNow users streaming live video’s of themselves online. You can also see how many people… Continue Reading