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

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 71 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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0:30.2	I asked someone who was within, it was within 700 feet, I think it said, of me on the map,
0:36.3	and everybody was standing around the computer.
0:38.4	They messaged me. I had no profile photo, no username. They couldn't see the age. They wanted to meet up without even knowing what I looked like. I said, how old are you? They said 29. They said, how old are you? I said under. I didn't want the app to kick me off for saying an underword.
0:54.5	Because kids also know how to get around profanity filters, age filters.
0:58.5	The kids know how to do this.
0:59.5	The guy said, no problem, you know, whatever his words were.
1:03.0	And then he followed that shortly up with, send a pick.
1:06.5	So, I mean, sending a pick, he meant a disgusting picture.
1:10.5	And that was the first message that came up as soon as I opened this app to show people.
1:16.2	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
1:26.5	We have to organize a social movement.
1:28.3	We have an opportunity to lead by example,
1:33.3	versus just talking, hot air.
1:36.3	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow,
1:40.3	eventually it could change.
1:41.3	The people are the ones that can make the change.
1:43.3	The people are the ones that can make the change.
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