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Fuck that. Big hard NO from me.
If they open source it and everyone can verify that the code only stores your “identity” locally and doesn’t/can’t share the data, you get pretty decent privacy protection while preventing your kid from using a firearm without permission/supervision. If you zoom out 30-50 years, I bet most firearms employ this tech.
The right move - in my opinion - is getting it implemented in a way that respects the rights of the average person, and also has a measurable impact on reducing the horrific stuff that happens when powerful weapons fall into the wrong hands.
I also thought it was really cool that this guy at 15 encountered a shooting and instead of turning anti-gun, went out and worked 10 years to make gun ownership safer.
I agree wholeheartedly that it needs to be FOSS. Not even for contributions, but for the sake of sovereignty preservation. That would be my contingency as well. I want to be able to compile the firmware and install it myself.
It’s one of those things where it would begin to satisfy demands on both sides of the discussion. Sovereignty and safety. Freedom and restrictions. It’s a step in the right direction.
I agree. I’m not against compromises that don’t violate the principle. So long as it really doesn’t.
In governmental warfare (against a malevolent state) they would be susceptible to EMP, etc. though. It’s worth a thought.
EMP only a problem for long wires or close range. Even unhardened electronics can handle more ionising radiation than a human body.
My fears are condensation, dust, or flat batteries at the moment I really need it.
And: "Our terms and conditions have changed. Please read this 270 page update and solve the CAPTCHA to accept the changes and regain access to your firearm. Thank you for choosing SafeFree."
Only if I can spin up my own trusted recognition server to pair with. Even then this wouldn't be my EDC sidearm.
This is the gun I leave out to give the home invasion guy a false sense of power.
For starters fingerprints aren't as good of a security metric as many people think, and for finishers why does it want a face pic? I'm not giving either away, no thanks. Old school is best school.
I have two problems with this.
The more complicated the tool, the more prone to failure. I would never trust my life to weapon this sophisticated. Too much could go wrong. If I draw a gun, my life is in imminent danger, and chances are I may die regardless. A weapon like this adds to the chance I die, by introducing another point of failure.
What problem does this actually solve that is not solved by a safe? If you are responsible enough to keep your guns in a locked safe to keep them out of the hands of children or other people, what additional protection does this offer?
This is a hat trick that will eventually be used to force gun owners to use less reliable means of defending themselves.
Pussy also drives a Tesla, neither one of them work below 32F...