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Darknet Diaries

93: Kik

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.98.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Kik is a wildly popular chat app. Their website says that 1 in 3 American teenagers use Kik. But something dark is brewing on Kik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, so this episode has mature content.

0:06.2

I don't recommend listening to this with young ears around or on some kind of speaker where

0:11.7

others might hear it because this episode gets into some dark stuff.

0:16.3

So listener discretion is advised.

0:19.0

Alright, so this episode is about a mobile app called Kick spelled K-I-K.

0:24.5

It was made in 2010 to help mobile users be able to chat with one another easier.

0:29.1

Back then people who had blackberry phones had a hard time chatting with Android users

0:33.1

and iPhone users.

0:34.7

So some Canadian college kids made Kick to be able to let people chat freely no matter

0:39.0

what type of phone you had.

0:40.9

Kick was an immediate hit.

0:42.6

Just one month after launching they reported to have 1 million users and it's been growing

0:47.7

rapidly ever since.

0:50.1

It's something happened in the Kick chat app which sent this app down a dark path.

1:02.3

These are true stories from the dark side of the internet.

1:08.8

I'm Jack Recyder.

1:11.6

This is Dark Net Diaries.

1:15.6

Support for the show comes from CrowdStrike.

1:31.8

Is it me or does it feel like every other news story is about cyber attacks?

1:36.6

You feel that way too?

1:37.9

Well as a listener of my show you already know how vulnerable your business is to hackers.

1:43.0

And imagine getting a peaceful night's sleep without worrying about being the victim of

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