Grab them by the eyes hacked7/3/2023 Do I have this right so far?ĭREW: Yeah, you’re getting that right, except I think that one thing to keep in mind is that little kids want in-game currency and they’re willing to do anything for it ‘cause they don’t have the physical money for it ‘cause their parents don’t want to spend money.ĭREW: Yes, you buy – you can only buy it with real cash.ĭREW: …in-game earnable commodity. It’s the in-game currency of Roblox, and some user-made Roblox games require you to pay Robux in order to play it. However, there’s this thing called Robux. If you build something cool, others might want to come play it, too. Okay, so first of all, Roblox is a video game, but it’s more than that it’s a video game platform which gives you the tools to make your own video game. So, I need to pause here for a moment, do some research, and I’ll be right back. Roblox is just outside of my peripheral view, and I don’t really get it. So, basically – do you want the full story?ĭREW:Ělright, so, it starts at age thirteen at Roblox, like playing Roblox, and I found that you could get discounted Roblox. JACK: Oh, so first of all, I want to clarify it’s okay to record this call to use it on the podcast Darknet Diaries?ĭREW:Ělright. JACK: You sure? I don’t know if that’s your real name or not, but it sounds like a… ![]() JACK: Is there a name that I should refer to you as when I’m talking about you on this episode? I’ll tell you right now, this episode isn’t so much a story as it’s more of a tour of what’s going on in some of these underground groups, groups that are home to hackers, scammers, and thieves. JACK: The other day, someone found me, and he was willing to open up and share what he knows about some online communities that I don’t have visibility into. (INTRO): These are true stories from the dark side of the internet. I sure hope they know where they’re going. We’re still in the age of the younger generation guiding our light. What will the internet look like in 2060? There will be better educated users, users who grew up with parents who have seen the darker side of the internet and can warn them about it and show them the dangers. But that’s the world we’re in, because it’s so new. ![]() Kids teaching parents the dangers of social media is like kids teaching parents street smarts. So many times I’ve seen parents ask their kids to set up the new computer or show them how to use social media. In fact, the older generation often relies on the newer generation to teach them about computers. ![]() That kind of stuff is only taught by family, or in my case, by nobody. Nowhere in the curriculum was anything about the dangers of downloading software, shopping online, or going to chat rooms. Schools weren’t teaching computers yet, and when they finally did, they taught basic things like how to type or use some sort of application. My grandma and dad barely knew how to turn it on, much less handle these kind of problems. There was no one around to show me why that happened or how to fix it. I know when I was a teen, I screwed around so much on the internet that I swear, I got a new virus on my family computer every week. I fear that when there’s no older generation to guide the younger generation on how to be safe online, that there’s a lot of kids who will learn the hard way. ![]() And oh how the internet has changed since… It’s only been 30 years since AOL brought millions of people online for the first time. We’re still in the first generation of users. They teach us the dangers of the world and give us the insights that would take us decades to figure out on our own.īut the internet… doesn’t have an older generation still. JACK: The older generation gives us so much guidance and wisdom that I don’t know where we’d be without them.
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