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Curb Your Enthusiasm

I’m heading to Denver today in order to visit a company called BioFire which is making a biometrically unlockable handgun. [Watch]

Why?

It remains a stupid idea that opens the door to abuse.

BioFire was one of the companies that participated in the Kinder, Gentler Citizen Disarmament Symposium.

[Via Jess]

Render Unto Caesar

Over the last 12 to 18 months, Lowe’s Innovation Labs has been testing out the system which utilizes RFID [Radio Frequency Identity] chips, scanners and blockchain. If implemented, it would render a stolen tool inoperable which would discourage bad actors and in turn, keep employees safe… [More]

Just think of the possibilities for “commonsense gun safety”!

[Via Steve T]

Who will Exploit the Exploiters?

Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke [More]

I wonder what a person with those skills could do with “smart guns,” and with any “law enforcement” systems developed to disable them…

[Via Steve T]

Too Smart by Half

Thousands in Colorado locked out of home thermostats by Xcel [More]

Homer explains.

Now let’s talk “smart guns.”

Dumb and Dumber

“There are only three ways the gun would work for its owner: fingerprint recognition, smartphone pairing, or a keypad code.” [Watch]

Funny. The highly trusted newsbabes didn’t explore that any further.

[Via 1Gat]

When Fractions of a Second Count

The fingerprint reader unlocks the gun in microseconds, but since it may not work when wet or in other adverse conditions, the PIN pad is there as a backup. LodeStar did not demonstrate the near-field communication signal, but it would act as a secondary backup, enabling the gun as quickly as users can open the app on their phones. [More]

Second time this morning I’ve channeled my inner Family Guy…

I may have to reconsider my position on suing gun manufacturers…

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