Ignoring the obvious question of why the NSA would want to be recruiting our children in the first place one has to wonder who came up with the cutesy idea of a pair of hip cartoon twin leopards in order to teach our kids about proper online hygiene (?).
In time for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month the CyberTwins are all modern with gaming headgear and hands-free mobile devices that they talk into. the back story for this brilliant idea <sarcasm> comes to us via Spencer Ackerman at the Danger Room blog:
Arriving in time for (the second half of) National Cybersecurity Awareness Month , the CyberTwins have a backstory to appeal to military kids: their mom is a government engineer; their dad is an Army computer scientist; and they “love to talk with other kids who love computers and cyber space as much as they do.” That fits them right in with the other CryptoKids — a goateed turtle named T-Top whose uncle works for a computer manufacturer, Sergeant Sam the eagle who joined the military out of high school — who guide real-live youth through online crypto-themed puzzles and brainteasers. (Only one thing’s missing from the CryptoTwins’ rollout: cybersecurity tips for the underage.)
Yup, this is a great way to spend taxpayer dollars since the first thing kids will do when they see this is to ROFLTAO.
