--- title: Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task | daily.dev description: A developer frustrated with doomscrolling reverse-engineered the Bluetooth protocol of a smartphone-controlled electric-shock dog collar and wired it up to a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bluetooth-shock-collar-keeps-wearer-on-task-escfhi480 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task | daily.dev og:description: A developer frustrated with doomscrolling reverse-engineered the Bluetooth protocol of a smartphone-controlled electric-shock dog collar and wired it up to a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bluetooth-shock-collar-keeps-wearer-on-task-escfhi480 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ESCFHi480.png og:image:alt: Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer frustrated with doomscrolling reverse-engineered the Bluetooth protocol of a smartphone-controlled electric-shock dog collar and wired it up to a Python script and web server on his laptop, triggered by MacroDroid whenever his phone usage matched his personal definition of doomscrolling. Testing the setup on his own leg, even a low shock setting was painful enough that he flung his phone across the room and became reluctant to try again, so he's now considering a less punishing audible alarm instead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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