Guns, IMHO, should stay strictly mechanical. When I point them and pull the trigger, they should go BANG! and not a quiet “click”. BANG! is good, click is failure. Not a great thing when time is of the essence and I need to defend myself or some other innocent. NO, I do not go looking for such an instance and nor do I want one coming towards me or mine. But if it happens, I want my self-defense to be rock solid, given that I can no longer put my right foot into your left ear while standing 6″ from you. THIS, happening to a high end Smart Rifle (costing more than most of us can afford for a car) is not “reliable” and proves that point that many of us who own and use guns have warned about for years (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Smart Rifles Are Designed to Perfect a Shooter’s Aim. But When Hackers Get Their Hands On Them…
Smart rifles, like the Tracking Point self-aiming rifle, are computerized firearms that allow even novice marksmen to — as the company’s website claims — “shoot better than the best shooters who ever lived.” The rifles accomplish this feat by allowing users to enter factors like temperature, wind speed and bullet weight via the scope. The shooter simply lines up their shot, presses a button on the stock to tag their target, and pulls the trigger. The rifle then activates the firing pin on its own, firing the bullet only when the shot is perfectly aligned. But in a video demonstration for Wired, security researchers Runa Sandvik and Michael Auger, her husband, proved they could hack into the system and cause serious havoc.
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