"It might not get weirder than this" - Eric Schmidt's daughter from North Korea

Previous discussion with 174 comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5084171

Strange title. It made me think Eric Schmidt had a daughter in North Korea, which would have been weird indeed!

The writing is magnificent. With respect to everything being bugged:

Since we didn't have cellphones or alarm clocks, the question of how we'd wake up on time in the morning was legitimate. One person suggested announcing "I'm awake" to the room, and then waiting until someone came to fetch you.

Fantastic.

Gosh those poor poor people. It's a crime what is being done to them.

No heat, barely any food, yet atomic weapons.

I've read that sometimes they can obtain smartphones and service if they are close enough to the border but they probably risk their very lives to even have one.