Ghost Robotics has supplied several branches of government with its 4-legged robots. The Department of Homeland Security plans to use signal-jamming robot dogs to carry out raids.

  • JimmybanderEnglish
    122 months ago
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    Time to setup home defense EMPs.

  • NullPointerEnglish
    62 months ago
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    assuming the dog is remotely controlled, what’s stopping it from getting jammed?

    • AnyolduserEnglish
      32 months ago
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      Besides semi-autonomous (as the other commenter mentioned) wired control is an option for most law enforcement uses.

  • generichate1546English
    52 months ago
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    Fuck DHSthey are a worthless boondoggle, everything they touch end up full of scandal

  • undefinedEnglish
    22 months ago
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    Honestly if this is rolled out I feel like any criminals expecting to be impacted by this will just do some killswitch stuff once radios go down.

    Can’t think of a good example other than one time I used a laptop’s built-in webcam to detect motion and shut down with the OS running entirely in RAM as an experiment.

    It just feels like you could “detect” Homeland Security coming by watching radios and noticing everything being down.

  • PenisDuckCuck9001English
    -112 months ago
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    Cool, maybe posting about it online where everyone that this might be used against can see it isn’t a good idea but whatever.