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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/14/silly_police_infosec_parental_advice_poster/
The UK's National Crime Agency has publicly distanced itself from a poster urging parents to call police if their child has installed Kali Linux, Tor or – brace yourself – Discord.
Issued by the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (WMROCU) via local area councils, the poster in question lists a slack handful of common infosec tools – as well as some that clearly have nothing to do with computer security.
Should your child install Kali Linux, virtual machines (the image on the poster looks like Virtualbox) or internet privacy tool Tor, West Midlands Police wants to know immediately. And if – Heaven forfend – your sprog installs Metasploit to learn how to secure code, uses free chat service for gamers Discord, or gets a Wi-Fi Pineapple for research, you may as well report straight to your nearest prison and abandon your tainted offspring forever.
Here is a link to the poster in question.
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Sunday February 16 2020, @02:44PM
Maybe everyone in the world should just do what they ask.
If your child is running kali linux, discord, or virtual box call this organized crime bureau and let them know about it and ask for advice.
And let's be extra safe here... Call them regardless of the distro, any type of linux being run should be reported. Also, any hypervisor should be reported because they all can create virtual machines with hidden operating systems. Finally, call them about any messaging platform that can be used by hackers... not just discord, but also whatsApp, Skype and even yahoo messenger (if that is even still a thing.)
If their phone line is busy, just keep trying, after all any suspicious behavior needs to be reported. Even if they claim to be organizing a raid in an MMO through discord, make sure that you call, and that every parent of each raid member be notified to call this police department as well. If you find them running linux, contact their school district after notifying the cops... make sure that the schools tell the parents of everyone in your local area to watch for any linux activity and call the cops if they see it.
And remember, using the internet makes this a global problem... there are no country borders online... be sure to call these UK cops regardless of what country you live in... after all, we are all a part of the global community and must unite against hackers. It does not matter how swamped their phone lines get, just keep on calling and encourage others to do so as well... regardless of how many days it takes to get through.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P