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July 29th, 2015, 01:34 PM #1Super Member
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Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
What next? An interesting story on the possibility of hacking this rifle.
Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Read the full story here:
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers...change-target/
Since TrackingPoint launched in 2011, the company has sold more than a thousand of its high-end, Linux-power rifles with a self-aiming system.
In the video demonstration for WIRED at a West Virginia firing range, Auger first took a shot with the unaltered rifle and, using the TrackingPoint rifle’s aiming mechanism, hit a bullseye on his first attempt. Then, with a laptop connected to the rifle via Wi-Fi, Sandvik invisibly altered the variable in the rifle’s ballistic calculations that accounted for the ammunition’s weight, changing it from around .4 ounces to a ludicrous 72 pounds. “You can set it to whatever crazy value you want and it will happily accept it,” says Sandvik.In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
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July 29th, 2015, 01:46 PM #2
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Right and if you disable the wi-fi no hacking can be done. Just like the cars.
IANAL MPMO VIVA CUBA LIBRE
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August 4th, 2015, 08:01 AM #3
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Lol, this is funny. It's a stupid rifle and system to begin with.
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August 4th, 2015, 08:46 AM #4Banned
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August 4th, 2015, 09:04 AM #5
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
This just in.
If you leave the door to your house open, anyone can walk through it...
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August 4th, 2015, 10:56 AM #6
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
2 words
Smart GunsSoap Box - Worn out : Ballot Box - Broken : Jury Box - Pending : Ammunition Box - Unknown
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August 4th, 2015, 11:45 AM #7
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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August 4th, 2015, 12:14 PM #8
Re: Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Sheesh, I'm still trying to figure out how to hack my own rifle to hit the targets.
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