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| Tango01 | 30 Jul 2015 3:17 p.m. PST |
…researchers remotely change weapon's target and disable its scope. "Last year the US army confirmed it was testing smart rifles with computer-guided scopes that can aim themselves.
But now hacking researchers have revealed that they can take control of the weapons remotely, changing their target or disabling the weapon completely.
The hack is based on the smart rifle's Wi-Fi connection, and has the potential to make the weapons – which were delivered to the US army last year – vulnerable to being hijacked.
Full article here
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| emckinney | 30 Jul 2015 4:59 p.m. PST |
Always change the password … Of course, we're going to find ourselves in a situation where either: 1) Soldiers have one master password for everything, and if it's hacked, they're out of luck or 2) Soldiers have so many passwords to memorize that they'll forget the important ones when they need them.
"Oh, BLEEEEEEP! What's the password for the grenade?!?!"
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| Mako11 | 30 Jul 2015 11:33 p.m. PST |
Hmmmm, that is bad news. I suspect the short-term workaround is a short, robust cable, with a quick disconnect, in case it gets snagged on something accidentally, and a few spares, just in case. |
| John Treadaway | 31 Jul 2015 2:25 a.m. PST |
The more you extend the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drains…" M. Scott |
| BattlerBritain | 31 Jul 2015 4:26 a.m. PST |
What could possibly go wrong?  |
| elsyrsyn | 31 Jul 2015 8:29 a.m. PST |
smart rifle's Wi-Fi connection There's your problem right there. What an idiotic idea! Doug |
| gunnerphil | 31 Jul 2015 11:04 a.m. PST |
Oh great in middle of fire fight your rifle shuts down to do an upgrade. It is one of those times when just because you can do something does not mean you should |
| Tango01 | 01 Aug 2015 11:26 a.m. PST |
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| capncarp | 02 Aug 2015 11:09 a.m. PST |
Sounds like the premise for simplified weaponry in the Dorsai series: as weapons gain more circuitry, they are more prone to jamming/hacking/detection/malfunction. And to quote Robert Heinlein in "Starship Troopers" where the simplicity of operation of Powered Armor ("you just _wear_ it") is illustrated by this comment: "If you load a mudfoot down with a lot of gadgets that he has to watch, someone a lot more simply equipped — say with a stone ax — will sneak up and bash his head in while he is trying to read a vernier" — Johnnie Rico |
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