TALLINN — In a baffling online incident, 97-year-old Leida Ederhans found herself blocked from accessing the Estonian government website after attempting to change her cookies. “I wanted to update my bakery order!” Leida exclaimed. “But then I ended up locked out. I don’t even know what a Cloudflare is!”
Leida, a proud member of the e-Estonia pioneer group, was simply trying to order more of her favorite leib, but instead became an accidental victim of online security measures. “I used to bake cookies, now they want to block me from my baked cookies!” she raged while waving her rolling pin as if it were a magic wand.
”You need cookies enabled to use this site, but no one told me that! I just wanted to use my credit for more butter!”
The government site issued a standard response: “Every action has consequences, and changing cookies isn’t something we take lightly.” In an unexpected twist, her pleas for help on Facebook led to a viral response from other seniors who saw the whole debacle as an extravagant form of online grandparental rebellion.
At press time, the government is now working on an elaborate online tutorial, sponsored by a popular local bakery, titled “How to Enable Cookies Without Getting Blocked.” Leida has already signed up — she says the butter is worth it.