EU digital chief ridiculed as he boasts of ‘mastering’ the internet

Last month newspapers across the globe ridiculed incoming EU Digital Commissioner Guenther Oettinger when he blamed "stupid" celebrities for having private images hacked and put online.

Now, in a new interview, the 61-year-old hasn’t exactly helped his cause by boasting about how he has mastered the use of an iPhone.

Last month he missed the point that the trove of revealing “selfies” and other images of stars and models were snatched from Apple’s iCloud and posted online

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