My kids collected webkins. Their grandparents bought them as rewards for doing well and minding us, etc. and they had chat rooms. Somehow an adult man managed contact with my daughter. This was quite awhile ago. But I called and threatened his very life if he contacted my kid again. And I did tell police because I'd rather they checked him out than had to go to jail for my child. I would, any child really. My nest is nearly empty.
Anyhow the man was from the PA area if I recall, I acted promptly and don't remember the call much, but I told the kids they were DONE chatting about webkins or even gifting them any longer. I got a weird vibe though. Are webkins still quite the rage?
Did some googling ... Webkinz is owned and paid for by Ganz.Com ... and do you know what else they make? That's right! The original Beanie Babies ---> https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26263 ... Also, Ganz.com owns a shitload of domain names, few of which are connected to actual websites.
Check out Ganz.com --- there's a slide carousel on the landing page. The 5th slide shows a product range called "Crystal Expressions". We see a crystal girl-love-symbol-butterfly, red shoes (a Podesta favorite), rainbows (also prominent in the W of the Webkinz-logo), and a 5-pointed star. Also, check out this page advertising Webkinz: http://www.ganz.com/brands-webkinz.php ... notice them swirly blue ornaments in the background?
Coincidence? I dunno ...
For the last few months, I've started to wonder about all these online game/chat-worlds for kids. Habbo Hotel, Moviestar Planet etc. etc. They look enticing enough, and they are probably great fun, but if these platforms are built by people with, eh, nefarious purposes in mind, they could quite easily serve as the perfect digital hunting ground for pedophiles. Kids usually sign up using their social media accounts and/or smartphone, nonchalantly granting access to all kinds of private information (camera, photos, location, friends etc). Also, their online behavior (hours spent online, daily schedule, chats etc.) can be analyzed.
This provides a pedophile on the hunt with all kinds of additional data he can act on. Facebook photos, interests etc. etc. And someone who is even a little versed in big data analytics could easily deduce which kids are more vulnerable to suggestions, which kids already show an interest in sexual matters, which kids come from socially weak families, which kids are physically located in the area etc. etc.
Also, if you are in charge of a platform like this, it is dead easy to ignore worried parents who discover their kids having "adult" conversations with a pedophile posing as another user. You can easily say how "shocked" you are, promise to investigate and then claim the suspect user's IP-address can not be traced.
Maybe a far fetch, but what if the Beanie-Baby-mail is written by a pedo offering to sell his Webkinz.com-profile-account containing a friends list of 480 kids that are susceptible to grooming and vetting? Cats and Dogs are also quite a theme in Webkinz.com --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqSz8-A_6O0
I could understand you not seeing the big deal, had there not been ANY other findings. When you add this to the mt Everest sized mountain of other 'coincidences', it's clearly suspicious.
Kids.. Check
Pizza... Check
Beanie baby connection + beanie baby email
Most of this child help/child care stuff is suspect.
alliecapone ago
My kids collected webkins. Their grandparents bought them as rewards for doing well and minding us, etc. and they had chat rooms. Somehow an adult man managed contact with my daughter. This was quite awhile ago. But I called and threatened his very life if he contacted my kid again. And I did tell police because I'd rather they checked him out than had to go to jail for my child. I would, any child really. My nest is nearly empty.
Anyhow the man was from the PA area if I recall, I acted promptly and don't remember the call much, but I told the kids they were DONE chatting about webkins or even gifting them any longer. I got a weird vibe though. Are webkins still quite the rage?
bdiminishedminor7 ago
Did some googling ... Webkinz is owned and paid for by Ganz.Com ... and do you know what else they make? That's right! The original Beanie Babies ---> https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26263 ... Also, Ganz.com owns a shitload of domain names, few of which are connected to actual websites.
Check out Ganz.com --- there's a slide carousel on the landing page. The 5th slide shows a product range called "Crystal Expressions". We see a crystal girl-love-symbol-butterfly, red shoes (a Podesta favorite), rainbows (also prominent in the W of the Webkinz-logo), and a 5-pointed star. Also, check out this page advertising Webkinz: http://www.ganz.com/brands-webkinz.php ... notice them swirly blue ornaments in the background?
Coincidence? I dunno ...
For the last few months, I've started to wonder about all these online game/chat-worlds for kids. Habbo Hotel, Moviestar Planet etc. etc. They look enticing enough, and they are probably great fun, but if these platforms are built by people with, eh, nefarious purposes in mind, they could quite easily serve as the perfect digital hunting ground for pedophiles. Kids usually sign up using their social media accounts and/or smartphone, nonchalantly granting access to all kinds of private information (camera, photos, location, friends etc). Also, their online behavior (hours spent online, daily schedule, chats etc.) can be analyzed.
This provides a pedophile on the hunt with all kinds of additional data he can act on. Facebook photos, interests etc. etc. And someone who is even a little versed in big data analytics could easily deduce which kids are more vulnerable to suggestions, which kids already show an interest in sexual matters, which kids come from socially weak families, which kids are physically located in the area etc. etc.
Also, if you are in charge of a platform like this, it is dead easy to ignore worried parents who discover their kids having "adult" conversations with a pedophile posing as another user. You can easily say how "shocked" you are, promise to investigate and then claim the suspect user's IP-address can not be traced.
Maybe a far fetch, but what if the Beanie-Baby-mail is written by a pedo offering to sell his Webkinz.com-profile-account containing a friends list of 480 kids that are susceptible to grooming and vetting? Cats and Dogs are also quite a theme in Webkinz.com --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqSz8-A_6O0
Kawksnahch ago
that got super real at the end... wow...
Codewow ago
And whenever my class did exceedingly well on a test, we got a pizza party too. Doesn't necessarily mean it's malicious.
Gotta go a bit deeper than just "it's a pizza party!"
kosherpickles ago
Did you take a BABYSITTING test though? Nope didn't think so. The fact that this is directly associated with babysitting really unsettles me.
Azzipdoe ago
I could understand you not seeing the big deal, had there not been ANY other findings. When you add this to the mt Everest sized mountain of other 'coincidences', it's clearly suspicious.
Kids.. Check Pizza... Check
Beanie baby connection + beanie baby email Most of this child help/child care stuff is suspect.