[ButlerianJihad]

I had never heard of "Kik" so I looked it up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kik_(app)

In 2016, CBS News called it "a predator's paradise", and Wikipedia notes that it lacks E2EE while permitting sign-ups without providing any valid contact information.

[account42]

How is E2EE relevant here. And permitting sign ups with only email or less used to be the standard everywhere. Also according the sentencing [0] the perp and victim initially met on Google+.

[0] https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nspc/doc/2024/2024nspc4/2024nsp...

[leoqa]

It was a popular platform briefly for college students etc. I remember college kids posting drama on Kik etc