Links

[redfiona99]

Miscellaneous:

Scam baiter: Why I risk death threats to expose online cons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41518352

Ethnic minority graduates 'face jobs gap' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41536312 From 2017

Jessikka Aro: How pro-Russian trolls tried to destroy me - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41499789

Female driving ban: Why did this selfie enrage some Saudis? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41527490

Politics:

How ready is the UK for Brexit?: 9% - https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/10/05/how-ready-is-the-uk-for-brexit-9 Article is from 2017. I'm not sure how much better it is now.

Technology:

Is drive-by sex toy hacking a wake-up call for Britain’s internet security? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/06/drive-by-sex-toy-hacking-wake-up-call-britain-internet-security-vibrators Article is from 2017, but I remain terrified by the Internet of Things phenomenon.

Comments

[ioplokon]

IoT people are so weird sometimes. Like that article is all, with IoT, the bus can skip stops when no one is there. Like.... Do they know how current buses work?