iPhone: Breeding a New Generation of Hackers

Yesterday my seven-year-old, who is in a combined second/third grade class at school, said to me,"You know Eli Hernstein, Mom?"

"Sure, he was in your kindergarten class," I said, negotiating the shopping cart around a stand of peaches in the produce department.

"For current events, he gave a presentation on unlocking your iPhone so you can use it on other services."

I came to a halt by the apples and stared down at her. "He what? How do you know about...? He did?"

"Yeah."

"Isn't that a little, well—" I fumbled for a word, "sophisticated for a second grader?"

"Mom," she breathed, rolling her eyes, "he's in third grade. He got moved up."

"Oh. Oh, well, then. In that case..."

Noted on 26 September 2007 in

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