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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay so it won't zap larger things like pets and people but what about other insects? I'm mildly annoyed at how the majority don't give a fuck about insects. It says fast insects such as houseflies can't be detected if flying fast, but there's plenty of slow flyers that are not mozzies. Would they get zapped too? Tiny moths and butterflies? Ladybugs and other small beetles? Hovering dragonflies? We already have a massive decline in insect diversity

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

A previous version of this claimed that it could distinguish between male and female mosquitos (the ones that bite). It used the different wingbeat frequencies, if memory serves.

It feels that a point-defence system is less harmful than gassing the whole area, which is what e.g. hotels do now.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Now that would have been reassuring to read. It wasn't in the article though. I agree with you that gassing or blanket poisoning is a lot worse in principle

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