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A security researcher who goes by the nickname of Plore has bypassed the security locks of the Armatix IP1 smart pistol by using only three magnets worth $15.
The researcher showed off his findings at this year's DEF CON security conference, held in Las Vegas last week.
The gun uses a simple locking system to prevent unauthorized firing. For someone to shoot the small pistol, he needs to wear a watch that sends an authorization token via radio signals to the gun and activates the trigger.
Armatix launched the IP1 smart gun in 2014 and marketed it as a way to prevent thieves or children from firing the gun. The IP1 is currently sold for prices varying from $1,400 to $1,800.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/smart-pistol-locking-system-foiled-by-15-magnets/
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 02 2017, @01:45PM (1 child)
Nonsense. A gun that only shoots when you pull the trigger is both safer and more useful than a gun that may just trigger itself at random times.
No, the misguided thing here is not gun safety, it's gun security. Basically trying to enforce guns only to be fired by authorized people.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JNCF on Wednesday August 02 2017, @04:06PM
I like your absurd pedantism, AC -- I really do! -- but it doesn't go quite far enough. Even putting aside guns that randomly shoot, safety and security can both be incrementally added to a gun without blocking the ability to fire. I don't have one, but I liked the design of the Zore X. [youtube.com] Compared to a gun with nothing chambered, the only issues I see are the standard privacy concerns of IoT devices. There's no reason a system like this couldn't be integrated, so long as the failure mode of the smart gun is still a working gun that fires when you need it to. Letting the owner know when a round gets chambered or the gun walks out of the house increases both safety and security.