Sheriff's homicide detectives showed up at the house first. As detectives began investigating the fatal shooting of a Pala woman last week, two deputies flew the drone over the outdoor homicide scene, taking aerial photos and videos that would become evidence. The remote-controlled aircraft is one of four the Sheriff's Department is using to document crime scenes, search for missing people, aid SWAT teams during their operations and for other reasons in dangerous or unfavorable scenarios. Two other drones are used for training. "It's an extremely valuable tool, and potentially lifesaving," Sheriff's Lt. Jason Vickery said.

BeautifulPeople.com, you may remember, is a dating site that allows members to vote on hopeful enlistees based on their looks, ensuring that people who belong meet certain standards of both attractiveness and shallowness. It bills itself as "a dating site where existing members hold the key to the door." Turns out, the site maybe should have put them in charge of server security, as well. The personal data of 1.1 million members is currently for sale on the black market, after hackers took it from an insecure database. Last December, security researcher Chris Vickery made a curious discovery while browsing through Shodan, a search engine that lets people look for internet-connected devices.