God told them to sell crypto. A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions and they were accused of fraud. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. Now he likens the experience to having "a thought that is not my thought." Divine words echo in his mind like a line from a movie or the memory of a loved one's voice. "It's not'You better do this,'" he says. Holy messages arrive daily while Eli is praying, reading, or watching television. Sometimes they surface in prophetic dreams or missives from strangers. Occasionally, they appear midsentence, when he pauses to ask, "Lord, what do you want to say here?" Eli's wife, Kaitlyn, tends to get heavenly dispatches in the shower, when she finally has a moment to herself. Other times, she seeks counsel from above. "I'll be writing in my journal and praying and asking questions and just believing what I'm hearing is Him," she says. God's directives have been manifold. According to the Regalados, He told them to get married, buy a house, and start having kids. When Eli owned a marketing firm in Colorado, He told him what to name it, whom to hire, and which clients to take on. Then God told him to start preaching in his living room and online. In 2021, when Eli was 41 and Kaitlyn was 28, divine guidance steered them in an unexpected new direction: crypto.

Telepresence robots enable physicians to administer care to patients in remote and rural areas, and extend the reach of healthcare to those who otherwise might go without it. The use of telepresence in healthcare isn't new; it has operated for more than ten years and is an accepted part of medical practice in many care networks. What has changed for telepresence is the emergence of a new set of security vulnerabilities that attack telepresence robots at the firmware level--where standard IT security practices often don't extend. "Robotic telepresence is a next-generation technology that allows a person in one location to replicate himself in another," wrote Dan Regalado, Security Researcher at IoT security provider Zingbox in a 2018 research report. "The remote person can see you, hear you, interact with you, and move all around your location. But what if the person behind the robot is not who you think he is? What if the robot gets compromised, and now the attacker is watching you and your surroundings?"