do you know about the BioFire Smart gun ?? LOL .
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Uninformed and Compliant
.450/400 Nitro Ex
It appears that Ian isn't "anyone".
I wonder why she doesn't name him as the youtuber?
I wonder why she doesn't name him as the youtuber?
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
IDK ,, but what if Ian's 14 yr old Daughter or son and needed it .. if he had them .. it would not go pew pew for her or him ..
if we only had SMART POLITITIONS
GUNS DO NOT KILL .. PEOPLE DO ..
Uninformed and Compliant
.450/400 Nitro Ex
If you, personally, saw fit that your 14 yr old can use it, then you, personally, can add them as a user of it.
In addition, it means that you, personally, could have this out in the open as a bedside weapon, cocked and locked, with a convicted nutjob felon relative in the house, and the court will believe that they cannot gain access to it.
So I'm not quite sure where you are going with that question.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
Just saying ..
Convicted nutjob felon .. Grabs Smart Gun and Pistol Whips the shit out of the owner with it ..
just like a hammer
can you add users to it ??
do you have to change batteries every year like a smoke detector that goes beeep beeep ..
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
Wish we had SMART CLASS ROOMS at Schools today ..
Ian did have some failures while shooting it if I remember correctly. I also remember him saying he was either not allowed to take it apart, or not allowed to show any break down of it at that time, but it would be coming in a future video.
In my opinion, what Forgotten Weapons had was a limited demo video, now an actual review.
In my opinion, what Forgotten Weapons had was a limited demo video, now an actual review.
ManualF150
.308 Win
Wait till the Lock Picking Lawyer gets a hold of one and does his review of it's security... FWIW he's into guns.
Cavalry
.308 Win
Or the peeps that attend DefCon
I will be the outlier here.
I kinda like the idea of this if it proves to be reliable. I do not think it should be government mandated ever, nor the standard of manufacture, just an option. For someone that does not carry, is not into guns, but wants a ready to go pistol in their nightstand without worrying about it being stolen, used against them, being used by others, etc. Unfortunately, once this is out there I can see the technology being legislated upon us.
subsonic
.44 mag
I never liked Ian much, although he sometimes put out a few interesting videos, and now what little respect I have for him is completely lost.
He's a total marketing shill in his "review."
I could go into much more detail, but everything about this "smart" gun is complete bullshit; awful, through and through.
If the issue is unsecured guns in a house where kids or someone could get them, then put the guns in a safe. If you want biometrics, put the biometrics on a safe. Gimping up a gun with connector ports, circuit boards and sensors is a recipe for disaster. This gun is an expensive monstrosity. Do not give this shit the time of day.
We've had expensive toys with batteries, connector ports, circuit boards and sensors to go on guns for a long time. We put them on rails. They fail, become obsolete and unsupported. For a defensive weapon we have to insist that the gun still operate without them, and that they can be replaced. This is an overengineered piece of shit system designed to make the gun inoperable that comes with a fucking electronic dock. Go ahead and reply to this thread in 10 years and tell me you bought on of these things, put thousands of rounds through it and the same gun is still working fine for you. Won't happen. Much better odds the company is out of business and the gun is a brick you can't even buy magazines for.
Do you really want a GUN that's more smartphone than gun? A gun that's not readily serviceable, completely proprietary and put together by some fly-by-night? What's the average age of a smartphone versus a gun you daily carry or keep at your bedside?
And again, he says it's too big to be a practical carry gun; it's a bedside gun. So, have a bedside safe and a NORMAL FUCKING GUN that WORKS. We do not need this and it's literally only folks that want to ban guns and force us to use this shit that are in favor of it.
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He's a total marketing shill in his "review."
I could go into much more detail, but everything about this "smart" gun is complete bullshit; awful, through and through.
If the issue is unsecured guns in a house where kids or someone could get them, then put the guns in a safe. If you want biometrics, put the biometrics on a safe. Gimping up a gun with connector ports, circuit boards and sensors is a recipe for disaster. This gun is an expensive monstrosity. Do not give this shit the time of day.
We've had expensive toys with batteries, connector ports, circuit boards and sensors to go on guns for a long time. We put them on rails. They fail, become obsolete and unsupported. For a defensive weapon we have to insist that the gun still operate without them, and that they can be replaced. This is an overengineered piece of shit system designed to make the gun inoperable that comes with a fucking electronic dock. Go ahead and reply to this thread in 10 years and tell me you bought on of these things, put thousands of rounds through it and the same gun is still working fine for you. Won't happen. Much better odds the company is out of business and the gun is a brick you can't even buy magazines for.
Do you really want a GUN that's more smartphone than gun? A gun that's not readily serviceable, completely proprietary and put together by some fly-by-night? What's the average age of a smartphone versus a gun you daily carry or keep at your bedside?
And again, he says it's too big to be a practical carry gun; it's a bedside gun. So, have a bedside safe and a NORMAL FUCKING GUN that WORKS. We do not need this and it's literally only folks that want to ban guns and force us to use this shit that are in favor of it.
I hate it and it will never prove to be reliable.
You're 21 years too late. This is the only gun that will be legal in New Jersey three years after it is available, unless the courts (meaning the Supreme Court of the United States, because no other court will) overturn it.
New Jersey Childproof Handgun Law - Wikipedia
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Willyone
6.5 Creedmoor
Does the price include a battery charger?
subsonic
.44 mag
Yes, it includes the shitty little dock that will be useless in a few years along with the gun.
Liberty Doll got it right with the "Elizabeth Holmes" vibes. Rather than signing up for this overpriced shitty gun that may never exist get 3 G19's and a few mags to spare. Or one G19, a really nice gun safe that works, and a few loaded mags.
Jmac00
.475 A&M Magnum
when a CEO says, "no one will be reviewing" this firearm, but we have a functional prototype? RED FLAG--RED FLAG--RED FLAG
and this Ian clown? does he have a background in marketing ? Because he sounds like he is really excited about "finally, a great smart gun"
This just screams "yep I spent years developing a product that may or may not work, but no one is going to find out until you spend me $1500, and if it doesn't work, and some bad guy kills you, you. are. shit. out. of. luck. fuck you.
run screaming from this shit. This is Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried all rolled into one.
and this Ian clown? does he have a background in marketing ? Because he sounds like he is really excited about "finally, a great smart gun"
This just screams "yep I spent years developing a product that may or may not work, but no one is going to find out until you spend me $1500, and if it doesn't work, and some bad guy kills you, you. are. shit. out. of. luck. fuck you.
run screaming from this shit. This is Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried all rolled into one.
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
I know of it, I don’t care for em, and I’ll keep my stupid guns.
While I agree, the anti's will try to use it as a club to legislate the requirement, most of the NJ law was gutted in 2019. From your link:You're 21 years too late. This is the only gun that will be legal in New Jersey three years after it is available, unless the courts (meaning the Supreme Court of the United States, because no other court will) overturn it.
New Jersey Childproof Handgun Law - Wikipedia
While I have no problem with people having the CHOICE to buy one, IF they want, I can see this being the next push on many fronts. Time will tell if it's complete crap, or not, I guess.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
what was that red headed teen kid from NY that killed a little boy with a fucking ROCK ..
ohhh Eric M. Smith .. 13 yrs old and killed a 4 year old ..
Is Murphy only allowing child prof rock in NJ now
Cavalry
.308 Win
I definitely agree with many of your points of obsolescence of electronics, Its a very valid point as is proprietary software, hardware and even magazines. In two years when the battery is dead what does the owner do? A person who owns this is not going to put thousands of rounds down it. They are going to pop off a magazine on day one put it in their nightstand and likely never touch it again. I bet 90% of people that buy a pistol for protection fall into this group. They buy it, have to training or inclination, and it sits in a drawer. Its not marketed totwrds "gun people". At that price point I am not really sure who they are going after? Until they can get it to maybe the $500 range its not going to do anything other than be made fun of.I never liked Ian much, although he sometimes put out a few interesting videos, and now what little respect I have for him is completely lost.
He's a total marketing shill in his "review."
I could go into much more detail, but everything about this "smart" gun is complete bullshit; awful, through and through.
If the issue is unsecured guns in a house where kids or someone could get them, then put the guns in a safe. If you want biometrics, put the biometrics on a safe. Gimping up a gun with connector ports, circuit boards and sensors is a recipe for disaster. This gun is an expensive monstrosity. Do not give this shit the time of day.
We've had expensive toys with batteries, connector ports, circuit boards and sensors to go on guns for a long time. We put them on rails. They fail, become obsolete and unsupported. For a defensive weapon we have to insist that the gun still operate without them, and that they can be replaced. This is an overengineered piece of shit system designed to make the gun inoperable that comes with a fucking electronic dock. Go ahead and reply to this thread in 10 years and tell me you bought on of these things, put thousands of rounds through it and the same gun is still working fine for you. Won't happen. Much better odds the company is out of business and the gun is a brick you can't even buy magazines for.
Do you really want a GUN that's more smartphone than gun? A gun that's not readily serviceable, completely proprietary and put together by some fly-by-night? What's the average age of a smartphone versus a gun you daily carry or keep at your bedside?
And again, he says it's too big to be a practical carry gun; it's a bedside gun. So, have a bedside safe and a NORMAL FUCKING GUN that WORKS. We do not need this and it's literally only folks that want to ban guns and force us to use this shit that are in favor of it.
I hate it and it will never prove to be reliable.
You're 21 years too late. This is the only gun that will be legal in New Jersey three years after it is available, unless the courts (meaning the Supreme Court of the United States, because no other court will) overturn it.
New Jersey Childproof Handgun Law - Wikipedia
subsonic
.44 mag
This gun won't even shoot if it's left in a drawer and forgotten. The battery dies and it won't turn on! They should just buy a Glock BB gun replica to wave around and save the money if they're not going to have a gun that shoots and they know how to operate.
Cavalry
.308 Win
That is why it is stored in the cradle, to keep it charged.
Willyone
6.5 Creedmoor
To clarify, and you probably realize it, but my battery charger question was actually in jest.
I am by no means a gun or firearm expert... far from it. But anyone with even a spec of gray matter between their ears would realize that a *battery dependent* gun would/could be more of a liability than a conventional revolver or semi auto. As others have mentioned, especially a rarely fired bedstand gun. Hell, I've removed batteries from flashlights that no longer function due to battery corrosion, and the crap from the batteries have eaten away at the connection points rendering the flashlights useless. Imagine that happening to your "EV" type +$1,500 gun.
But hey, there are those peeps who will spend their money on the latest and greatest. As they say down south... bless their hearts
subsonic
.44 mag
It's especially rich that Ian put out this completely credulous marketing shill video given his treatment of the hapless Franklin Armory SHOT Show rep several years back, no we haven't forgotten. There he pretended to stop filming and raked the sales rep over the coals over the Reformation concept, as an impractical, overpriced ripoff.
At least the Reformation was a nice FU to the ATF, as a full-featured, straight-rifled short-barrel AR platform gun intended to require no registration. It got fucked over by Ian, an adverse ATF reclassification, and the pistol brace market. Thanks for being a hero, Ian! We couldn't figure out that it was never going to hit bullseyes at 200 yards without you! You really got him with your hard journalism.
Whereas here, he's signed an NDA to sing the praises of this piece of shit gun control appeaser Fudd scam, with nary a critical word.
Screw him and his scraggly little soy-bearded shit.
At least the Reformation was a nice FU to the ATF, as a full-featured, straight-rifled short-barrel AR platform gun intended to require no registration. It got fucked over by Ian, an adverse ATF reclassification, and the pistol brace market. Thanks for being a hero, Ian! We couldn't figure out that it was never going to hit bullseyes at 200 yards without you! You really got him with your hard journalism.
Whereas here, he's signed an NDA to sing the praises of this piece of shit gun control appeaser Fudd scam, with nary a critical word.
Screw him and his scraggly little soy-bearded shit.
John Stark
.44 mag
The only smart gun I'm interested in is the one that can tell me definitively that she's in the mood, how to tell 100% of the time, and how it arrived at those conclusions for further experimentation.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
a guy at work got a message on his watch .. need to charge it ..
i LMAO .. shouldn't the watch charge itself from you moving your hand while your walking
around and it s counting how many steps you did today
LOL
i LMAO .. shouldn't the watch charge itself from you moving your hand while your walking
around and it s counting how many steps you did today
LOL
DamionMC
22lr
I am not a fan of this technology, facial/fingerprint recognition for a mechanical device such as a gun – this would be more accurately called a bio-imprinted password.
Essentially all this product has done has taken the fingerprint scan and/or facial scan and converted the biological information into a mathematical formula i.e. a hash value (see MD5) it won’t need an internet connection to run the cryptographic algorithm, the scans or the monitoring and storage of the values to compare against.
Now while this bio-recognition lock might be a product better versus with fumbling with a manual key lock or pin-pads in a middle of the night stressful situation, it still in my opinion has far more cons than pros.
Since most gun owners, expect to not only own keep their firearms for their lifetimes they also hope that they will bequeath their firearms to their family and still last for generations. This product given current technology puts battery replacement life at about once every 2-3 years and memory replacement at about every 10 years. Also this is a product that could be exposed to extreme environmental conditions, dropped, heat-humidity, rain, puddles etc how is the memory, electronics and battery protected to prevent damage.
Con#1 “Battery”: Regardless of how long a battery life it has it still at some point must be charged to be usable as designed; and with all rechargeable devices battery replacement will also be an issue and how is the memory of the “computer” managed with a dead or replaced battery. Keeping in mind that the battery could still be perfectly fine with over 300 to 500 charge cycles, but it could also fail sooner (how have they tested and gone through the battery manufacturer selection -cheapest and lowest quality or highest cost and most reliability) what kind of testing was performed to get the products anticipated life before replacement. – if the battery is damaged or being recharged what is protecting the owner from run away thermal issues.
Con#2 “Memory”: Depending on the memory and compression technology used can the stored hash values become corrupt over time, or lost? The electrical charge stored in a flash memory cells degrades over time, and will degrade much faster at extended temperatures; also the more you use a memory this type of memory cards, the more likely it is to degrade over time. A typical memory card can go through 10,000 to 1 million “write/erase” cycles before failing rates increase, but also sitting idle “cold” no electrical charge for extended periods will also cause corruption as the memory cells lose electrical charge. Also like the battery their is a finite physical age limit, typically 10 years. Keeping in mind that the memory could still be perfectly fine with over 2 million write/erase cycles and older then 10 years, but it could also fail sooner (how have they tested and gone through the memory manufacturer selection; their is a finite amount of times before it becomes unusable. -cheapest and lowest quality or highest cost and most reliability) what kind of testing was performed to get the products anticipated life before replacement.
Con#3 “motherboard”: If treated well and kept clean, a motherboard typically lasts between 10-20 years, though it is possible to last longer. This application of smart gun, could also put cleaning solvents and oils in contact with the motherboard(s) causing damage. Which means replacing the hardware with what will eventually become obsolete, and you may need to upgrade to the latest hardware.
Con#4 “reliability”: Facial and fingerprint recognition is vastly improved from a few years ago, but error rates are still high especially in the facial and in controlled settings are much more accurate then in real life scenarios. Also keep in mind that similarity scores and comparison thresholds to account for the false negative rates and false positive rates (families are going to look very similar – if your trying to prevent your daughter who looks a lot like her mom from accessing the gun, this could be a problem if the wife is the owner, or some other similar scenarios, like identical twins, etc. Then you have the recognition “racial” demographic biases, non-whites will find this product to have a much higher rate of false positives and will prevent the gun owner from accessing, especially in a need to defend type of situation.
Con#5 “quick to lock”: The manufacturer states that this product locks near immediately so anything from changing your hand grip location, changing the grip force from loose to tight, to switching hands temporarily and with the reliability factors, could lock out the owner when needed in a scenario where you are walking your house looking for the “source” of the late noise.
Con#6 “Software reliability and upgrades”: Since no one has been able to independently verify it at this moment we have to rely on the manufacturers statement that this is what they are doing and given their descriptions we can assume that they are probably doing what they claim they are. However, at some point we can trust but will need to verify; take the electronics apart and verify no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth or other radio communications chips or antennas are on the motherboard(s) and also to have a radio spectrum analyzer running to see if broadcasts are occurring. Also how is full manufacturer reset, or software updates (bugs/fixes) deployed when owners change in the case of reselling, or in the case of bequeathing to new a owner, or fixing a software flaw, or software algorithm improvements
Since initially learning about BioFire's biometric security capabilities, I have further researched the specifics of their 3D infrared facial recognition system. This technology scans and maps the precise contours of a user's face in three dimensions, creating a unique mathematical representation that functions as an authentication template.
While effective, there are some important caveats regarding facial hair, similar appearances amongst family members, and changes in weight or age. Specifically, facial hair like beards, mustaches, and masks can partially obscure the facial points of reference needed for matching templates. Infrared can penetrate hair follicles to map the underlying structure, but accuracy is reduced without a fully clear scan. For clean-shaven users who grow facial hair incrementally, performance may also decline between enrollment and authentication. Optimal accuracy relies on consistent hair states day-to-day.
Additionally, the system struggles to differentiate users with nearly identical facial geometry, including identical twins or very close relatives. The 3D mapping can discern subtle shape variances between similar faces, but there is potential for false positives among highly similar individuals. Changes in weight, age, or expressions can also reduce accuracy to a degree.
Incorporating facial recognition into the BioFire smart gun system provides advanced biometric security. However, the limitations around facial hair, consistent appearance, and distinguishing family members may reduce reliability among certain demographics like bearded men or twins. Supplementing with fingerprint scanning helps mitigate these factors. But for optimal performance, maintaining a steady facial hair state and re-enrolling after significant weight or age changes is advisable. Understanding both the capabilities and limitations of the technology is key for effective implementation.
Also the RFID is encrypted and hard to exploit, with that so ar BioFire has not publicly released the full technical specifications of the encryption used for the RFID tags in their biometric smart guns. So there is more guesswork involved, but it would be reasonable to assume that the minimum of AES-128 is being utilized; and for high-security applications AES-256 is more probable. While this assumption would reduce hacking risks, cloning RFID chip data, and signal jamming could impact the guns functions.
Another weakness for the concealed carrier could be that the RFID used by anyone to track the location of the gun or who in a room full of people may have concealed smart guns, all of this passively without breaking the encryption; the good guy with a concealed gun, might as well be open carrying and paint a target on themselves. Or may draw unwanted harassment from Law Enforcement who prefer to disarm innocent people or looking for an excuse to generate probable cause.
While BioFire has not disclosed the full encryption specifications for their onboard RFID system, it is reasonable to assume at minimum a 128-bit AES algorithm is used, with 256-bit being likely for optimal security. Though sans published confirmation, some risk of data and signal exploitation persists.
For instance, while difficult to crack AES-128+ encryption directly, techniques like RFID tag cloning or signal jamming could still disrupt authorized control functions. And even without breaking encryption, passive scanning of the RFID's radio emissions can reveal the presence and location of a concealed smart gun to an adversary.
This passive detection vulnerability could enable tracking of lawful concealed carriers against their will. It may also allow law enforcement or anti-gun establishments to easily identify armed citizens without probable cause. Those wishing to maintain discretion and privacy around legal concealed carry could face new hindrances.
Overall, BioFire's RFID system likely provides adequate security against most threats, but unverified details leave uncertainties. And inherent to any active radio technology are risks like tracking, spoofing, and interference that no encryption fully mitigates. More transparency and independent validation of the RFID implementations would build justified confidence in both security and privacy.
Essentially all this product has done has taken the fingerprint scan and/or facial scan and converted the biological information into a mathematical formula i.e. a hash value (see MD5) it won’t need an internet connection to run the cryptographic algorithm, the scans or the monitoring and storage of the values to compare against.
Now while this bio-recognition lock might be a product better versus with fumbling with a manual key lock or pin-pads in a middle of the night stressful situation, it still in my opinion has far more cons than pros.
Since most gun owners, expect to not only own keep their firearms for their lifetimes they also hope that they will bequeath their firearms to their family and still last for generations. This product given current technology puts battery replacement life at about once every 2-3 years and memory replacement at about every 10 years. Also this is a product that could be exposed to extreme environmental conditions, dropped, heat-humidity, rain, puddles etc how is the memory, electronics and battery protected to prevent damage.
Con#1 “Battery”: Regardless of how long a battery life it has it still at some point must be charged to be usable as designed; and with all rechargeable devices battery replacement will also be an issue and how is the memory of the “computer” managed with a dead or replaced battery. Keeping in mind that the battery could still be perfectly fine with over 300 to 500 charge cycles, but it could also fail sooner (how have they tested and gone through the battery manufacturer selection -cheapest and lowest quality or highest cost and most reliability) what kind of testing was performed to get the products anticipated life before replacement. – if the battery is damaged or being recharged what is protecting the owner from run away thermal issues.
Con#2 “Memory”: Depending on the memory and compression technology used can the stored hash values become corrupt over time, or lost? The electrical charge stored in a flash memory cells degrades over time, and will degrade much faster at extended temperatures; also the more you use a memory this type of memory cards, the more likely it is to degrade over time. A typical memory card can go through 10,000 to 1 million “write/erase” cycles before failing rates increase, but also sitting idle “cold” no electrical charge for extended periods will also cause corruption as the memory cells lose electrical charge. Also like the battery their is a finite physical age limit, typically 10 years. Keeping in mind that the memory could still be perfectly fine with over 2 million write/erase cycles and older then 10 years, but it could also fail sooner (how have they tested and gone through the memory manufacturer selection; their is a finite amount of times before it becomes unusable. -cheapest and lowest quality or highest cost and most reliability) what kind of testing was performed to get the products anticipated life before replacement.
Con#3 “motherboard”: If treated well and kept clean, a motherboard typically lasts between 10-20 years, though it is possible to last longer. This application of smart gun, could also put cleaning solvents and oils in contact with the motherboard(s) causing damage. Which means replacing the hardware with what will eventually become obsolete, and you may need to upgrade to the latest hardware.
Con#4 “reliability”: Facial and fingerprint recognition is vastly improved from a few years ago, but error rates are still high especially in the facial and in controlled settings are much more accurate then in real life scenarios. Also keep in mind that similarity scores and comparison thresholds to account for the false negative rates and false positive rates (families are going to look very similar – if your trying to prevent your daughter who looks a lot like her mom from accessing the gun, this could be a problem if the wife is the owner, or some other similar scenarios, like identical twins, etc. Then you have the recognition “racial” demographic biases, non-whites will find this product to have a much higher rate of false positives and will prevent the gun owner from accessing, especially in a need to defend type of situation.
Con#5 “quick to lock”: The manufacturer states that this product locks near immediately so anything from changing your hand grip location, changing the grip force from loose to tight, to switching hands temporarily and with the reliability factors, could lock out the owner when needed in a scenario where you are walking your house looking for the “source” of the late noise.
Con#6 “Software reliability and upgrades”: Since no one has been able to independently verify it at this moment we have to rely on the manufacturers statement that this is what they are doing and given their descriptions we can assume that they are probably doing what they claim they are. However, at some point we can trust but will need to verify; take the electronics apart and verify no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth or other radio communications chips or antennas are on the motherboard(s) and also to have a radio spectrum analyzer running to see if broadcasts are occurring. Also how is full manufacturer reset, or software updates (bugs/fixes) deployed when owners change in the case of reselling, or in the case of bequeathing to new a owner, or fixing a software flaw, or software algorithm improvements
Since initially learning about BioFire's biometric security capabilities, I have further researched the specifics of their 3D infrared facial recognition system. This technology scans and maps the precise contours of a user's face in three dimensions, creating a unique mathematical representation that functions as an authentication template.
While effective, there are some important caveats regarding facial hair, similar appearances amongst family members, and changes in weight or age. Specifically, facial hair like beards, mustaches, and masks can partially obscure the facial points of reference needed for matching templates. Infrared can penetrate hair follicles to map the underlying structure, but accuracy is reduced without a fully clear scan. For clean-shaven users who grow facial hair incrementally, performance may also decline between enrollment and authentication. Optimal accuracy relies on consistent hair states day-to-day.
Additionally, the system struggles to differentiate users with nearly identical facial geometry, including identical twins or very close relatives. The 3D mapping can discern subtle shape variances between similar faces, but there is potential for false positives among highly similar individuals. Changes in weight, age, or expressions can also reduce accuracy to a degree.
Incorporating facial recognition into the BioFire smart gun system provides advanced biometric security. However, the limitations around facial hair, consistent appearance, and distinguishing family members may reduce reliability among certain demographics like bearded men or twins. Supplementing with fingerprint scanning helps mitigate these factors. But for optimal performance, maintaining a steady facial hair state and re-enrolling after significant weight or age changes is advisable. Understanding both the capabilities and limitations of the technology is key for effective implementation.
Also the RFID is encrypted and hard to exploit, with that so ar BioFire has not publicly released the full technical specifications of the encryption used for the RFID tags in their biometric smart guns. So there is more guesswork involved, but it would be reasonable to assume that the minimum of AES-128 is being utilized; and for high-security applications AES-256 is more probable. While this assumption would reduce hacking risks, cloning RFID chip data, and signal jamming could impact the guns functions.
Another weakness for the concealed carrier could be that the RFID used by anyone to track the location of the gun or who in a room full of people may have concealed smart guns, all of this passively without breaking the encryption; the good guy with a concealed gun, might as well be open carrying and paint a target on themselves. Or may draw unwanted harassment from Law Enforcement who prefer to disarm innocent people or looking for an excuse to generate probable cause.
While BioFire has not disclosed the full encryption specifications for their onboard RFID system, it is reasonable to assume at minimum a 128-bit AES algorithm is used, with 256-bit being likely for optimal security. Though sans published confirmation, some risk of data and signal exploitation persists.
For instance, while difficult to crack AES-128+ encryption directly, techniques like RFID tag cloning or signal jamming could still disrupt authorized control functions. And even without breaking encryption, passive scanning of the RFID's radio emissions can reveal the presence and location of a concealed smart gun to an adversary.
This passive detection vulnerability could enable tracking of lawful concealed carriers against their will. It may also allow law enforcement or anti-gun establishments to easily identify armed citizens without probable cause. Those wishing to maintain discretion and privacy around legal concealed carry could face new hindrances.
Overall, BioFire's RFID system likely provides adequate security against most threats, but unverified details leave uncertainties. And inherent to any active radio technology are risks like tracking, spoofing, and interference that no encryption fully mitigates. More transparency and independent validation of the RFID implementations would build justified confidence in both security and privacy.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
3 dead threads in a row!