Reality Checks: Pokemon Threats, Refrigerator Security, Life at a Greek Refugee Camp, and the Encryption of ISIL

Elizabeth — September 3, 2015

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Bruce Schneier reports on smart fridge security. (via Schneier on Security)
Two people have been arrested for allegedly making threats, complete with pictures of weapons, against a Pokemon tournament. (via Ars Technica)
A day at a refugee camp. Incidentally a former Peace Corps colleague of mine who works for the IRC took the photos for this story. (via Vice)
Speaking of Vice, several of their journalists have been arrested for using a common encryption program that is also used by ISIL. Because there’s so many good encryption programs easily available? (via Al Jazeera)

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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