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Some parents share photo albums of family pictures with a small group of people using online services like Apple’s iCloud and Google Photos
Social media companies' goal is to make money off keeping kids on as long as possible not to help develop a well-rounded healthy child
Having a private account does not mean someone you know will not take your photos and do something malicious with them
Pictures of the birthday party can reveal the exact day and year the child was born which is information that can be used with other data from cybersecurity breaches to commit identity theft
Send photos of your daughter to a few friends and relatives through text messages which are encrypted
Identity theft involving minors surged 40 percent from 2021 to 2024 with roughly 11 million children having their identities stolen each year according to the Federal Trade Commission
Freeze children's credit
Social media companies can more effectively keep kids on their platforms if they have tens of thousands of pieces of data before your child goes online
Social media companies are the real benefactors because they collect data to improve their products so they can get people including children to keep using their products
An Instagram follower with access to your profile could be a culprit because perpetrators of child sexual abuse usually know the victim
They could use a camera to snap a photo of the child and upload it into the tool if physically nearby
New laws could make it harder for abusers to share deepfakes but for many victims damage is already done
Dozens of nudifier sites rake in millions of dollars a year
Meta filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against a developer of AI nudifier apps that circumvented Meta's ad detection technologies
Parents have debated risks benefits of publishing pictures of children online for decades
Nudifier apps are simple cheap for anyone to use some offer free trials
Artificial intelligence apps make sharenting far riskier than a few years ago