Behind the seemingly cute symbols, something sinister lurks. Earlier this week, Q13 FOX Seattle reported on the secret emoji codes teen use to evade the watchful eyes of their parents.
โA skull, arrow and a flame,โ news anchor John Hopperstad warned. โThat can be saying to someone, I hope you die in a fire. Now as parents, we can look at these and have no idea what they mean.โ
Alright who snitched pic.twitter.com/Y1h0tv8mrg
— uncle bry ๐ฆ๐ท (@Bry_Nap) February 2, 2017
๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ. Who knew?
But it doesnโt stop there. As โcyber expertโ Bryan Seely explained to the anchors, holding a smartphone aloft, โYou gotta know whatโs going on in [your childโs] world because this phone. This is their world. For almost all of them.โ
So what dangers hide within the secret world of teens? Hopperstad told viewers that teens โare always ten steps ahead of us.โ Luckily, he obtained access to these secret teen codes, and heโs not afraid to tell the world. Brace yourselves:
โA flower? This can also mean drugs.โ
A frog? In the secret code of teens, โit can mean I think youโre ugly… Cyberbullying can be part of this.โ
Eyes? โThat can mean โIโm watching you.โ But, weโre always worried about sexting. This can also mean, โSend me naked pictures of you.โโ
So where do we go from here?
If youโre a parent, monitor your childโs phone. Keep your children safe.
If youโre a teen, well: ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ธ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐โก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ๐ธ
[Q13 FOX]
