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Homeland Security Testing Signal-Jamming Robot Dogs (www.hngn.com)

submitted 3 months ago by rosschie to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] card797@champserver.net 12 points 3 months ago

Time to setup home defense EMPs.

[-] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Or just used wired connections. This is targeting wifi cameras and doorbells.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

It’s the only weapon we have against the machines

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Pull the B string patrick!

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Time to set* up* home-defense EMPs.

[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

assuming the dog is remotely controlled, what's stopping it from getting jammed?

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

It's semi-autonomous, not remote controlled

[-] generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago

Fuck DHS...they are a worthless boondoggle, everything they touch end up full of scandal

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 3 months ago

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.

this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024

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