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Welcome back to true crime cases. I'm your host, Lainey.

We, um, older generations often forget that kids these days have grown

up with the internet at their fingertips. They've always had the ability to communicate with the entire world in seconds.

Something many of us didn't experience until we were already in the workforce, college, or high school.

When the internet did become a part of our lives,

the adults or more adultier adults

drilled into us the importance of online safety.

We were warned never to give our real names, photos, addresses, and any

identifying information was considered dangerous. And it still is. Or it should be, yet social media's prevalence has made many of us

complacent regardless of age. Facebook displays our real names and photos, often

much more if privacy settings aren't managed properly. names and

the photos are often much more if privacy settings aren't managed properly. The whole point of apps like Instagram, Tik-Toc and Snapchat

is to show people what we look like,

where we are, and who we're with.

Kids openly mention their schools by name on Twitter.

I'm never going to call it X, so just deal with it.

Or in public discord servers.

It doesn't feel dangerous when everyone else is doing it,

but we must remain vigilant.

We never really know who we're interacting with online.

It takes just one wrong person knowing who you are, where you live,

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