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Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the Boston Dynamics Spot robot.

According to the transcript of the speech by DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) director Benjamine Huffman, acquired by 404 Media, NEO is equipped with an antenna array that is designed to overload home networks, thus disrupting devices that rely on Wi-Fi and other wireless communication protocols. It will thus likely be effective against a wide range of popular smart home devices that use wireless technologies for communications.

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Apart from the fact that I don't believe you :) What would your self-destruct routine actually destroy?

[–] ScruffyDucky 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

the PhotosOfRealNature folder...and browsing history because they don't deserve the memes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

The antidote

[–] lemming741 5 points 5 months ago

Certainly not any evidence, as that would be illegal

It actually only checks every 30 seconds and sends an email if it fails for 3 minutes. But don't tell the feds.