If any parent decides that a child needs to have a mobile phone for whatever reason, they should program in things to limit its uses. Kids are way too open for abuse when online with predators

My Uncle was smart. He gave his oldest child – a boy one for emergencies only. It is a very basic phone. It has two numbers programmed into it for emergencies and apart from that the phone is “locked” His son cannot call any other numbers. I don’t know if his phone will accept calls or texts from other numbers at all. I don’t know if he even knows his own number.

Just my opinion but anyone giving a child a phone would be wise to set up profiles that restrict their child’s access to apps they don’t want them to access as well as controlling the times they can use their phone. There are many different ways we can control our child’s access to their phone by doing a few minutes of research. This is also something to think about — do you Mum’s put a sticker over the camera on your devices including your desk top PC, laptop, mobile phones etc? These are areas that are easily hacked giving hackers a good look at what you’re up to using the built in cameras on devices as well as hijacking them. Those cheap packets of little coloured dot stickers are an effective way of blocking their access or a piece of masking tape etc will also do the job. Stand alone webcams are also a hacker’s paradise.

So scary! A close eye on what they are doing is indeed a necessity nowadays!

So scary they are so crafty but we parents need to supervise kids at all times. I remember having do much freedom as a kid and now we just can’t do that anymore

Good on the police for catching him.

It’s ard to keep track, but so vital to ake the effort.

Luckily that the Federal Police found out. There are so many risks. Super important to talk to our kids and monitor what they do on line.