Old School: Watch How a Danish ISP Proves That Even Grandma Can Hack You

The grandkids are in for a surprise

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Online security guru John McAfee once famously declared that hacking into computers is so easy, even a grandma could do it.

Danish ISP Stofa put that assertion to the test in a new film touting its SafeSurf program, training six real grandmothers in the art of cyber invasion.

These ladies do struggle a bit at first. One gran isn’t too sure how email works. Another briefly mistakes a traditional notebook (the kind you write in with a pen) for her laptop.

Ultimately though, most of them manage to take over their grandkids’ PCs, and serve up quite a surprise to the younger generation:

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