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Whoever paid for that grenade doesn't trust the soldier / mercenary they gave it to very far, that's why the network connection exists in the first place, hacke

by ses1984 7y ago

Whoever paid for that grenade doesn't trust the soldier / mercenary they gave it to very far, that's why the network connection exists in the first place, hackers can exploit that. At least that's the reason I just made up.

pjc50 7y ago
More likely it needs a continuous connection back to the license server for GaaS (grenades as a service). (This kind of cyberpunk dystopia is very plausible from the intersection of military contracting grift and lowest-bidder IoT design!)
- grawprog 7y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider
  - pjc50 7y ago
    This shows how hard it is to write sci-fi when I was joking about "grenades as a service" - someone's gone one better and made a wifi mesh network of landmines! And then converted the landmines to remote-operated as part of a legal fiction about victim-operated devices. Which is the military version of the concern about robots taking jobs: to what extent is it acceptable to have munitions making their own decisions about taking lives? Anyway, in the Shadowrun universe you'd definitely be able to hack the mesh network of landmines.
    - grawprog 7y ago
      I figured you were joking, sadly I just figured something like that had already been thought up and deployed.
  - conjectures 7y ago
    +1 for 'intended to replace the Matrix remote trigger system'
- 8fingerlouie 7y ago
  "You throw 'em, We blow 'em"
- mcv 7y ago
  If your army doesn't continue paying their license for their weapons, the weapons stop working just when you need them.
- f4stjack 7y ago
  Did You Forget Anyone? Militant Flowers can help.
- WGH_ 7y ago
  > More likely it needs a continuous connection back to the license server for GaaS (grenades as a service). The US allegedly has something like this for MANPADS missiles given to not-so-trusted allies. https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10642-harry_potter_and_the_not-so-smart_proxy_war https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10642-harry_potter_and_the_not-s...
glitchc 7y ago
It’s so you can’t throw the grenade back at the manufacturer.
Apocryphon 7y ago
ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control, information control, emotion control, battlefield control… everything is monitored and kept under control. War… has changed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUf_8jyxbiM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUf_8jyxbiM
- MrGilbert 7y ago
  War. War never changes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pt-LnQ2po https://youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pt-LnQ2po

pjc50 7y ago

More likely it needs a continuous connection back to the license server for GaaS (grenades as a service). (This kind of cyberpunk dystopia is very plausible from the intersection of military contracting grift and lowest-bidder IoT design!)

grawprog 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider
- pjc50 7y ago
  This shows how hard it is to write sci-fi when I was joking about "grenades as a service" - someone's gone one better and made a wifi mesh network of landmines! And then converted the landmines to remote-operated as part of a legal fiction about victim-operated devices. Which is the military version of the concern about robots taking jobs: to what extent is it acceptable to have munitions making their own decisions about taking lives? Anyway, in the Shadowrun universe you'd definitely be able to hack the mesh network of landmines.
  - grawprog 7y ago
    I figured you were joking, sadly I just figured something like that had already been thought up and deployed.
- conjectures 7y ago
  +1 for 'intended to replace the Matrix remote trigger system'
8fingerlouie 7y ago
"You throw 'em, We blow 'em"
mcv 7y ago
If your army doesn't continue paying their license for their weapons, the weapons stop working just when you need them.
f4stjack 7y ago
Did You Forget Anyone? Militant Flowers can help.
WGH_ 7y ago
> More likely it needs a continuous connection back to the license server for GaaS (grenades as a service). The US allegedly has something like this for MANPADS missiles given to not-so-trusted allies. https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10642-harry_potter_and_the_not-so-smart_proxy_war https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10642-harry_potter_and_the_not-s...

glitchc 7y ago

It’s so you can’t throw the grenade back at the manufacturer.

Apocryphon 7y ago

ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control, information control, emotion control, battlefield control… everything is monitored and kept under control. War… has changed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUf_8jyxbiM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUf_8jyxbiM

MrGilbert 7y ago
War. War never changes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pt-LnQ2po https://youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pt-LnQ2po