In today's world, online classes are now more in-demand since everyone is now bound by law to stay in the comfort of their homes, due to the spread of Coronavirus. However, even during video classes, there might be instances that your child isn't safe anymore. In Norway, a man apparently guessed a link to a 9-year-olds video class and showed his erect 'private part' to the children.
Naked man hacks a video class of 9-Year-Olds showing his 'private part'
As reported via a local news site in Oslo, Norway, a school that was once doing online classes currently stopped their usage of the popular video conferencing service, Whereby after the incident of a naked man barging into one of their ongoing online classes.
According to the report, three young 9-year-old students were starting to prepare for their digital class when suddenly, a fourth frame entered the class. As described by the children, the man was lying down on his bed wearing only his underwear. They did not know who this person was.
One parent saw the conversation between the man and the children and said that the man was asking for the children to "talk to me and take on camera." One assumption of the parent is that the man masturbated in front of the children while showing his erect private part to the camera.
Naked man guesses link to the class
Whereby officially apologized to the school and the parents of the victims by saying that the man might have probably 'guessed the link' to be able to get into the digital class. According to Ingrid Ødegaard, Whereby's Product and Technology Manager, this is not the only time when their video teleconferencing app was used for sexual pleasures.
Unfortunately, some users are looking for links and somehow guessing them to enter on strangers' video calls. As of now, the company reiterated that they are doing everything they can to stop these people from barging into other people's private video calls.
"It is very regrettable and something that should not happen at all. We take it very seriously and work actively on all cases we hear about and block users out," explained by Ødegaard. "Of course, we do not want the service to be used for this. We encourage everyone who experiences unwanted things to contact us so that we can act quickly."
Whereby also advised all of their users to make their video classes or calls on the private mode to prevent other people from entering their streams. They explained that their app is still safe to use from predators and people guessing links.
Unfortunately, the parents of the 9-year-olds and other students in Norway, think otherwise of the app.
