A Dog’s Life?
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Hello; I stopped the video when I saw it is over 20 minutes. I understand the dig at me, but this is not really a dog. A thing is any bad behavior other than a genuine malfunction will be directly the owner/operator's fault.
I started a movie a couple years ago when I first got a ROKU box. It was about a robot dog. A thing was the AI robot dog was made in the film made to act just like a real dog for some reason. It was not even a real physical robot.
A question I ask is why a robot with four legs make folks think of a dog at all. Does not look like a dog to me. Could be a badger, a rat, a pig or most anything with four legs. My first guess as to why it was called a robot dog is in hopes we will like or at least accept it because we like and accept dogs. If the functions of the legs & balance become good enough someone will strap a machine gun on one.
I started a movie a couple years ago when I first got a ROKU box. It was about a robot dog. A thing was the AI robot dog was made in the film made to act just like a real dog for some reason. It was not even a real physical robot.
A question I ask is why a robot with four legs make folks think of a dog at all. Does not look like a dog to me. Could be a badger, a rat, a pig or most anything with four legs. My first guess as to why it was called a robot dog is in hopes we will like or at least accept it because we like and accept dogs. If the functions of the legs & balance become good enough someone will strap a machine gun on one.
Not a dig at all, just a light-hearted poke in the ribs at most.
There are a number of scifi anthology series on streaming TV, and one of them...I think it might be Black Mirror, but not sure...featured an episode set in a near-future wartorn world in which the protagonists are being hunted and harried by four-legged armed and armoured robots that they refer to as "dogs". The use of the term seemed completely believable; sure, the robots resembled dogs no more than any other 4-legged animals but our familiarity with canines likely would make us think of them first when looking for a colloquial name for such creations.
There are a number of scifi anthology series on streaming TV, and one of them...I think it might be Black Mirror, but not sure...featured an episode set in a near-future wartorn world in which the protagonists are being hunted and harried by four-legged armed and armoured robots that they refer to as "dogs". The use of the term seemed completely believable; sure, the robots resembled dogs no more than any other 4-legged animals but our familiarity with canines likely would make us think of them first when looking for a colloquial name for such creations.
Unfortunately that video was a bit long but if you watch the whole thing you will find out how he hacks into the system designed know if it’s beeing hacked.
It’s ingenious!
He added an executable command to the password so it would run whenever this wifi robot resets on the wifi.
That command gave him root access!
The security on this dogbot is clearly primitive to nonexistent. (Except perhaps the bit that calls home to Beijing.)
He found he could propagate the hack through the wifi linked dogs, dog to dog, and thus control a pack of them.
He also says that unless you own the dogs, it is totally illegal.
It’s ingenious!
He added an executable command to the password so it would run whenever this wifi robot resets on the wifi.
That command gave him root access!
The security on this dogbot is clearly primitive to nonexistent. (Except perhaps the bit that calls home to Beijing.)
He found he could propagate the hack through the wifi linked dogs, dog to dog, and thus control a pack of them.
He also says that unless you own the dogs, it is totally illegal.
Hello; I vaguely follow the description of how the link's author defeats the "security" of the robot and then daisy chain the hack to other such robots. I do not follow the implications overall.
Maybe I am confused about the scope of these robots thus far. I have been thinking there are not many of them overall and the ones which exist are "proof of concept" examples. But I can see where I am mistaken. I have thought for decades now the computer tech in modern cars is mostly foolish. Beyond spark & fuel management I do not see the point.
I read a review of a new car a while back. The car was put down because it did not have some of the newer gadgetry. Few to no words about the basic function and soundness of the vehicle.
That said I will not be shocked to learn many people will want to own their own personal spy robot. There is a TV series showing currently called THE AUDACITY. None of the characters are likeable. I do hope the gist of the show is not "real" in terms of my every day personal data but it seems plausible.
I look thru FB Marketplace often. Mostly for older cars. I am torn about the new computers on wheels which new cars are and having a decades old car with no tech. I am old and did restore/maintain old cars so know the chore it can be to keep one on the road. I want a new vehicle for the warranty & a smooth running computer managed drivetrain. I do not want to be in a metal cage where my input of steering, braking and throttle are merely suggestions to the ECM & PCM. The TV movie scenarios of someone taking control of your car remotely seem possible.
On FB marketplace if I click on something which catches my attention. Say a pipe cutting tool, then as I scroll further lots of pipe cutters appear. My brother thinks i am being too something because I will not use a credit card online. I also for example have the lid of my laptop folded down and use a separate keyboard & monitor so the camera in the laptop does not see me and my surroundings and gather data that way.
Anyone reading my ramblings tell me how to shut down the spy stuff on my TV & ROKU box.