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> We had John Podesta, seventy years old, fall for a Russian phishing scheme that involved downloading an executable email attachment, presumably clicking thru the warning and running it anyway

What does Podesta's age have to do with anything at all??

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> Thoroughly non-technical old men run our government.

I took it as implying that old people tend to be less technically savvy (although as the hackers of last generation age this is increasingly untrue).

Like it or not, computer illiteracy has had a major effect on recent political events.

Talking to teachers is eye-opening: younger kids are more comfortable with a few specific tasks but on average they're no better than their parents, especially when it comes to things like security[1]. We need a combination of country-wide education and the equivalent of UL/Consumer Reports for buying advice.

1. my wife did have a student protest the no phones in class ban so he could login with Google Authenticator, so it's not like there aren't exceptions.

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