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.

  • NullPointer
    link
    fedilink
    English
    64 months ago

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

    • @Anyolduser
      link
      English
      34 months ago

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

  • @generichate1546
    link
    English
    54 months ago

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

  • @PenisDuckCuck9001
    link
    English
    34 months ago

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

  • Prison Mike
    link
    fedilink
    English
    24 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.