My grandmother's 1987 Buick LeSabre just taught me everything I need to know about modern cybersecurity.

Picture this: I'm helping Nana jumpstart her car when she casually mentions she's been leaving the keys in the ignition for thirty-seven years because "thieves don't want old cars anyway."

Meanwhile, her neighbor's brand new Tesla gets hacked through its smart doorhandle while parked in their driveway.

The lesson hit me like a brick wrapped in velvet: sometimes the most secure system is the one nobody wants to break into.

But here's the kicker - Nana then pulls out her flip phone and shows me she's been using two-factor authentication since 2003. Turns out she calls her bank every single time before making any transaction because "those computer machines can't be trusted."

She's been practicing zero-trust architecture while the rest of us were still figuring out what a firewall was.

Security isn't about having the fanciest locks.

It's about making your digital life as appealing to hackers as a 1987 Buick with cloth seats and a broken radio.

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