Spy Drones et. al?
OK, just an off topic rumor.
Some of you may have read or viewed reports of Chinese made "spy chips" being embedded in devices like iPhones, Android Phones, tablets and laptops, etc., etc..
It now seems certain to be true without much doubt on many devices a small surplus serial communications chip about the size of a pinhead was added to many electronic boards manufactured under sub-contract in China.
How that works is unclear but it seems with the right process an electronics or software engineer can access a stream of unencrypted data off your device by accessing/addressing this device remotely.
More disturbingly, especially for those of you who perhaps consider gadgets like this toys, those chips are now being found embedded in devices like drones, Smart TVs, Sportcams, Webcams and even Light Bulbs!
While in the past these may have been the domain of a government, as a foreign agency secret back door. It seems now having been altered to the presence of those chips hackers have worked their way into accessing them, and the hackers activities are expected to be far more malicious. Ads have already appeared on the Dark Web selling access to hoards of devices for nefarious purposes by making sue of the said chip. FWIW, there is a good chance those Ads them-self are bogus and a scam, but you never know!
I don't know what state this leaves everybody's devices in, but it pays to be vigilant when technology is being used. You at least want to make sure your home networks and devices are updated and secured, not sure if it helps but what else can you do?
Maybe it's back to the pen and cheque book! 
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