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Two Wheeled Wi-Fi Sniffing Robot

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tom-servo-totally-jealous dept.

paulnuyu writes "ZDNet/MSN has an article about a robot that detects Wi-Fi vulnerabilities and intrusions. The two wheeled robot made by the Shmoo Group cruised around the DefCon convention in Vegas last Sunday, picking up telnet and POP passwords. Though still a prototype, the shipping version is projected to have autonomous steering capabilities."

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  1. WiFi Robot Wars. by Moosifer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now all they need to do is add an axe or a hammer to it so that it can take out rogue access points.

  2. Two wheeled? Peshaw! by fiftyvolts · · Score: 5, Funny

    When he mods an Aibo so that it actually sniffs around, barks, and then points retriever style to the offending WiFi source then I'll be impressed.

    "What's that boy?"

    "Arf! Arf!"

    "JImmy's unsing unencrypted WiFi?"

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    100% Crunchier