Posted on Jul 28, 2017

Using cheap magnet, hacker beats protections on a "smart" handgun. - BBC News

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Using cheap magnet, hacker beats protections on a "smart" handgun. - BBC News

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Pretty sure that critics of this gun said this could/would happen when it was first introduced. The only way to make a real "smart" handgun would be biometric identification on it. At which point it wouldn't be cost-effective for the market.

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SSgt (Join to see)

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PFC (Join to see) - just waiting for the Sig now. Until Glock tries to sue to block it...lol!!!

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SSgt (Join to see) - I for one am glad. Many of my friends are Glocktards it gives me great pleasure as much as I love them to say in your face LOL

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SSG Robert Webster

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SSgt (Join to see) - "Joseph Steinberg writes that "biometrics take time to process and are often inaccurate" - Note that 'inaccurate' is the key word here, not cost. He also wrote about the hackability(sp?) in the same article.
Steinberg Joseph (May 4, 2014). "Forbes: Why You Should Be Concerned About The New 'Smart Guns' (Whether You Love Or Hate Guns)". Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephsteinberg/2014/05/04/smartguns/2/#6a [login to see]

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SSG Robert Webster - Oh yeah. That was another one of their concerns (the initial critics). Will someone with traits similar to you be able to access your firearm? I wouldn't think the biometrics on a firearm to be super sensitive like retina scans, right?

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