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There was a presentation at DEFCON 25 (2017) by someone who obtained one of the then available smart guns and defeated it with $15 worth of common magnets. Her
by CharleFKane 5y ago
There was a presentation at DEFCON 25 (2017) by someone who obtained one of the then available smart guns and defeated it with $15 worth of common magnets.
Here's a video of the presentation from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3f0p3vTY-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3f0p3vTY-c
I think it was also covered on HN at the time.
- LinuxBender 5y agoThankyou, I am surprised I missed that talk. That implementation seems rather fragile to me. Assuming everything is working as designed one would have to be wearing the watch ahead of time in a home defense situation. That is also a lot of extra moving parts that could fail especially at the range after going through a few boxes of rounds. thinking thermal issues but maybe they tested that
- verdverm 5y agoThe gun could run out of batteries is another. The talk goes into two other attacks as well, including denial of service