Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage situations, raising fears of unwanted surveillance (Jake Offenhartz/Gothamist)

Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robotic known as Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage conditions, elevating fears of undesirable surveillance — The NYPD’s robotic canine is as soon as once more stirring privateness considerations and cyberpunk prophesies of some New Yorkers, after the four-legged machine …