Hunting Digital Predators: The Real Dangers Hiding in Kids’ Games and Devices (with ethical hacker Ryan Montgomery)

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4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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On today’s episode, Andy sits down with ethical hacker Ryan Montgomery. Ryan is the founder of Montgomery Cybersecurity, a company focused on protecting individuals and organizations from online threats, and works with law enforcement agencies to track and expose online predators targeting children. Ryan also serves as a consultant for various tech companies, helping them strengthen their security systems. Through his work, he educates parents on the dangers of online exploitation and provides actionable solutions to protect children in the digital world. Ryan reveals the hidden dangers in kids’ favorite games like Minecraft and Roblox, and how predators exploit these platforms, along with smart devices, to access children. More on Ryan Montgomery: IG: @0day X: @0dayCTF Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Sponsors: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.2	700 feet, I think it said, of me on the map and everybody was standing around the computer.
1:05.6	They messaged me. I had no profile photo, no username. They couldn't see the age. They wanted
1:10.5	to meet up without even knowing
1:11.8	what I looked like. I said, how old are you? They said 29. They said, how old are you? I said,
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1:22.8	know how to get around profanity filters, age filters. The kids know how to do this. The guy said, no problem,
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