DEF CON trains 8-year-olds in hacking

“A common parent’s reaction to something this might be: They’re
teaching them what?! But hear these hackers out. Their intentions
are good.

“Take Horman’s uncle, Adam Steed, a computer security
professional in Salt Lake City, Utah, who brought his nephew to
these training sessions because he already was fascinated with
games and coding. (He actually has written his own computer game,
called ‘Blooks,’ in which players ‘try to build as many buildings
as you can while avoiding enemies,’ he said.)”

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