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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. TOASTER!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
    so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
    thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
    MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. moron the winds of change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they're bullowing at gale force. if you can't yet smell the fear, you most likely can feel/see it in your contemporarties.

    the light are coming up. we're in crisis mode.

    you know what to do/where to look. see you there.

    pay attention. if not to us, then to yourselves.

    each harmed innocent carries with it a bad toll. it will be repaid by innocence.

  3. News flash! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ID10TS at DefCon send passwords in plaintext! Is HAXX0R1NG dead? Stay tuned for trashy oversexed script kiddies and mindless media adulation!

  4. Give the robot an AI Mind by Mentifex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A Robot AI Mind is available free of charge for alteration and installation in any robot.

    Do-It-Yourself Artificial Intelligence leads you through the steps of DIY AI for robots.

    The main Alife program loop is the first stage of coding robot artificial intelligence in any XYZ programming language.

    The Tutorial AI Mind in JavaScript for Microsoft Internet Explorer is one sample pathway in the evolution of Minds for robots.

  5. moron the reasons for repetition/poor spelling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for won thing, there's a lot of you.

    as for va lairIE's patentdead PostBlock(tm) devise, it censors itself eye gas.

    anyway, as most of us are planning to survive the holycost of the georgewellian fuddite life0cide, you might want to think about being less afraid of/misled by the previously mentioned walking dead.

    more breathing. consult with/trust in yOUR creator. use lifesaving intentions/behaviours.

    the task is planet/population rescue. you can do it. it really matters.

    tell 'em robbIE.