a new form of teen fuck-up emerges
April 01, 2026 - 01:06 UTC
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So what I'm hearing is that Gemini recognized him as a minor and engaged with him anyway. What fresh hell.
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Mental every single acounts linked to it are all gone. Highlights a risk I guess of sharing devices.
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This has got to be a joke.
15 years in business and hasn't heard of backups for the IT stuff?
This is likely BS as you can't link a Google work account with Family Link. Won't let you use it.
If kids account had Family Link in place the kids account would have been flagged not the parents.
15 years in business and hasn't heard of backups for the IT stuff?
This is likely BS as you can't link a Google work account with Family Link. Won't let you use it.
If kids account had Family Link in place the kids account would have been flagged not the parents.
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Stop using Google services folks!!!!
Liberate yourself with open source, fully encrypted apps:
- ddocs.new instead of Google docs
- Brave instead of Chrome
- Proton instead of Gmail
- Mullvad for VPN
Liberate yourself with open source, fully encrypted apps:
- ddocs.new instead of Google docs
- Brave instead of Chrome
- Proton instead of Gmail
- Mullvad for VPN
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Ummm, if you are the parent of a child who has a chromebook from school, have a talk with your kid about this sort of thing. During the pandemic & remote learning we encountered several different stories similar to this. Your kids are experimenting, and they'll use devices they have access to.
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I am behind on Gemini features for what this means, so he was engaged in sexual roleplay with Gemini like basically sexting in the chatbot option but he also had his camera on to capture himself jerking off to... show Gemini the app? To what purpose? Asking Gemini to comment about his hard-on?
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Assuming the post is real it's pretty clear that his business files weren't *on the iPad*, they were stored in the Google Drive of one of the multiple accounts signed into the iPad.
It's definitely a lesson about not trusting Google with any of your shit but it's not quite that stupid.
It's definitely a lesson about not trusting Google with any of your shit but it's not quite that stupid.
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Running a business account on the same Google account as your family seems pretty dumb to me tbh
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It isn't the same account, it's the same device - but Google has been known to shut down all "related" accounts when they ban one. If all the accounts were logged in on the same device, they all get hit.
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It's on Reddit.... I'm not entirely sure that they aren't trying to palm off their own cock up to avoid hard times. If you actually believe Reddit, you need to get a grip.
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A few years ago someone who needed to send their GP a photo of a worrying swelling on their child's genitals. The phone auto backed it up to cloud, and then immediately deleted the account.
So it's pretty believable
www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html
So it's pretty believable
www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html
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The AI thing is the least crazy part about this story. They have a family tablet??? Not a family desktop PC, a family tablet. And they have their work accounts on it??? Not on the desktop PC I assume they actually work on (and sent their e-mails from). It's like they were looking for a disaster.
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Kids that go into puberty will start to experiment.
Has the kid done something stupid? Yes. But not wrong.
Google's 'concern with privacy' allows a minor to sexually roleplay with Gemini is absurd. If it can flag him as a minor it can also warn him and not engage.
Has the kid done something stupid? Yes. But not wrong.
Google's 'concern with privacy' allows a minor to sexually roleplay with Gemini is absurd. If it can flag him as a minor it can also warn him and not engage.
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the not funny dark funny part is how she seems most concerned about her business, which relied on google because why?
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Here, if anyone wants it.
www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1s92fql/my_son_pleasured_himself_in_front_of_gemini_live/
www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1s92fql/my_son_pleasured_himself_in_front_of_gemini_live/
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Everyone is at risk of this sort of thing too. Hackers are gonna realize they can ruin lives by signing into someone's account and uploading a few files. We rely way too much on Google.
Anyway, back to the game docs I have stored in Google Drive and nowhere else.
Anyway, back to the game docs I have stored in Google Drive and nowhere else.
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This is why when I give my kids a tablet to use, it doesn't have ANY of my data on it 🤷
Not because I think they're gonna do THAT, but literally other versions of this happened like 10 years ago with kids emailing grandparents. Google caught the kid was underage, locked the accounts down, etc. 🤷
Not because I think they're gonna do THAT, but literally other versions of this happened like 10 years ago with kids emailing grandparents. Google caught the kid was underage, locked the accounts down, etc. 🤷
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Dropbox, Proton, even iCloud are better and safer options for storage. Google is too big and messy and hackable. I store things locally and on a jump drive, then backup elsewhere (but not Google!)
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That's what happens when you entrust your data to a cloud.
At the very least, make your own backups.
At the very least, make your own backups.
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When I was 14 I had to sit through 40 minutes of untranslated Italian movies on CFMT for a five-second tit flash
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people like 'oh that can't possibly happen these are separate accounts' i dunno about other parents but my experience has been parental control and granularity is way fucking more complicated than it needs to be and I'm still trying to find decent solutions that don't involve a linux based firewall
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The beauty of multiple things comming together to create a very uniquely dumb situation for them. Gemini being able to do erp, it having a camera mode as well as a detection for CSAM material, and a swift procedure that enacts punishment for TOS violations and possbile criminal stuff.
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imo sue the fuck out of Google for rolling out a product that engages in erotic roleplay with minors, then retire.
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to be clear this is on google for uh making gemini capable of erotic role play with children, apparently
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Its also on google for deciding to read eveyones private information at every opportunity.
The fact google was looking is the problem here.
The total lack of customer service is the second thing that needs fixing with European legislation.
The fact google was looking is the problem here.
The total lack of customer service is the second thing that needs fixing with European legislation.
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50%, it's on google for using bad algo-based moderation & offering no clear mechanism of appeal or data continuity for individuals which imo is irresponsible when you know folks store their lives there.
it's not (just) a gemini problem, it's gsuite. gemini isn't what they use for moderation.
it's not (just) a gemini problem, it's gsuite. gemini isn't what they use for moderation.
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I don't think we can understate that the father here was:
1. Logged into his private account on the 'family tablet'
2. Had all his business documentation on his personal account
3. Had no backups of those documentations outside of the cloud
1. Logged into his private account on the 'family tablet'
2. Had all his business documentation on his personal account
3. Had no backups of those documentations outside of the cloud
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There is no hole deep enough to throw those "AIs" in. No sun is too hot or too cold to burn them.
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Yeah I honestly feel flabbergasted for this person cause like fuck ai but who would ever have expected to get locked out of google sheets cause their kid was erping with an ai???
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The most relatable part of this story is how google is constantly trying to add new mechanisms to advertise to my children and circumventing what little child account management there is.
I got this tablet to run a guitar app and Duolingo (I know). Stop finding new ways for them to access a browser
I got this tablet to run a guitar app and Duolingo (I know). Stop finding new ways for them to access a browser
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That aspect of things scares me rotten - how would you guide young people to explore life without getting in too deep with that kind of thing...
It was complicated enough being a teenager in the 80s.
No, I don't have kids either :-)
It was complicated enough being a teenager in the 80s.
No, I don't have kids either :-)
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This stuff really happens. Idk about thia specific case, but similar things have happened and will keep happening.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked here's a similar case
www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked here's a similar case
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First of all, talk to your kids.
Second, don’t put your entire digital life in the hands of one company that doesn’t even have tech support.
Second, don’t put your entire digital life in the hands of one company that doesn’t even have tech support.
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