This is classic Vice journalism of turning a non-story into a puffed up scare-piece all for a sexy, sharable title. I would really like to see less of their poor excuse for journalism (Motherboard included) on HackerNews because links like these really bring down overall quality. In the HN guidelines, the site lays out a call for stories that go beyond superficially interesting and provoke something deeper. Vice content rarely does this, and when it does, it is often built on the back of sensationalism or shoddy journalistic integrity.