Bad idea: "smart guns"
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For Cysko (I recall you being for these, right? - correct me if my memory sucks)
Here's one of the many reasons why I'm against smart guns.
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2015/07/29/i-shot-the-sheriff-my-hacked-rifle-shot-the-deputy/
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Smart guns don't necessarily have to be self targeting but this could be a problem. Still, I'd be willing to try the magnetic ring type and such.
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anything that high tech can be hacked by high tech.
And the magnetic ring - you live near a power station. Oops, your ring doesn't work. Or,
maybe the opposite - the power station overlays the magnetic ring functionality,
and the gun always fires regardless.
I used to walk to a factory floor to have interviews with people on new software projects....
and a computer disk would get fried, if I walked up to a machine running too close, to talk
to somebody.
A terrorist could use a electromagnetic field to rely on ccw and police magnetic ring thingie guns from operating.
Very bad. Magnetic rings would wreak havoc on cell phones.
Whatever. A bad idea - way too expensive anyways.
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Fair enough.
One of the reasons Glock's are so popular is simplicity. Simple to load, simple to fire, simple to take down, simple to clean, simple to repair. Because of this, people often associate their reliability with simplicity. Not sure anyone wants a "404 error " message in a gun especially if it's used as a self defense gun.
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Magnets don't actually harm your cell phone. I know this because I have had very powerful rare earth magnets come in contact with my phone with no damage
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All technology can be exploited. I don't see that as a reason to shun it. Especially if it can reduce gun violence down the road. Identifying exploits like these help to redesign and improve the security of the system.
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All technology can be exploited. I don't see that as a reason to shun it Woody
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But it is a reason to be careful what you adopt. Far too much technology
can be overridden and rendered useless by other technology.
Like radio/radar jamming. If the technology isn't foolproof and hackproof, most folks
will have nothing to do with it. They are already recalling a line of cars because they
have been shown to be hacked. Ever use a gps that goes off the deep end, and says
you are nearing your destination, when you obviously a mile away?
Just because it is technology and for a good cause, doesn't mean it should be adopted.
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