Discussion: <span class="s1">Hackers Find Way To Make Self-Aiming Sniper Rifle Change Its Target (VIDEO)

system1 · July 30, 2015, 3:42pm

Discussion for article #238917

humpback · July 30, 2015, 4:35pm

This is why the gun nuts got all upset last year about that safety feature–electronic ID, so a cop’s pistol would only work for him, not for a bad guy who snatched it away. They hated that! Now we see why: the more guns become smart (like every other appliance and tool in the modern world) the more smart people can control them. This leaves the dumb people left out.

ottnott · July 30, 2015, 4:42pm

Welcome to Brave New World

sniffit · July 30, 2015, 4:49pm

Shut up and take your Soma!!!

callmeeric · July 30, 2015, 4:52pm

The gun makes it possible to “to shoot around corners, record your hunt, and share your experience with friends and family,” according to the product’s website.

A wireless riffle for consumers? is that what I’m reading about? Fuck. What could possible go wrong?

Man really is the most dangerous game of all.

rudesan · July 30, 2015, 5:03pm

Go Hackers!

sickneffintired · July 30, 2015, 5:34pm

SKYNET IS COMING!!! Get John Conner quick

ignoreland · July 30, 2015, 6:45pm

I think the hackers practiced on the Republican presidential candidates before they got to work on the truly dangerous weapon.

humpback · July 30, 2015, 6:53pm

Hey, maybe we can get our hackers to use the self-aiming sniper rifle to shoot the Planned Parenthood hackers through the Intertubes.

daveislib · July 30, 2015, 7:34pm

"The gun makes it possible to “to shoot around corners…” Unless the is the new Angelina Jolie design, I’m assuming they mean that the gun is positioned on one side of the corner and marksman is positioned safely on the other side?

cliffhendroval · July 30, 2015, 8:09pm

Y’know, I keep hearing about this wonderful new “Internet of Things” where everything can be controlled remotely over wireless IP connections. I can’t think of anything more irresponsible. It should be called the “Incredibly Dangerous Internet of Things”.

thx1138 · July 30, 2015, 8:17pm

Oh cool, an even more cowardly way to shoot lions.

darrtown · July 30, 2015, 8:38pm

Shoot around corners?

darrtown · July 30, 2015, 8:41pm

I’m stealing that.

jaybeeraybee · July 30, 2015, 8:48pm

There’s a strange disconnect between the men and women who put themselves into harms way to defend our communities and country, and the breed of commander… leader… top brass… whatever you want to call them. On the one hand, we commend the bravery of those who put their lives in harms way to help others (omitting racist/crazy/gung-ho nut-jobs), but then strive to ensure we can inflict the maximum damage with the minimum risk. Now the fear mongers don’t even need to touch or be within a mile to fire a weapon… let the computer do it while I cower in the corner, rocking myself back and forth safe from the world.

Everything about the direction our military technology is heading is wrong. No personal risk, no personal accountability, no personal skill. I hope the creators of these ‘advancements’ suffer at the hands of their own Frankenstein Monster.

occamsrazor2 · July 31, 2015, 12:36am

It’s a bank shot.

darrtown · July 31, 2015, 2:49am

Saw that attempted on Mythbusters. Didn’t work well

the_scarlet_pimpernel · July 31, 2015, 3:50am

Judged solely by the sound of the number of trigger pulls the average hunter here in South Carolina uses to bring down a single buck and the number of cows, pigs and horses that are routinely killed, I would say: Why bother with hacking the targeting computer? Because these “hunters” are going to miss anyway, regardless of how good or how much their telescopic sighting system costs, and already try and shoot around corners.

the_scarlet_pimpernel · July 31, 2015, 3:54am

No, no! That’s Cowardly LION on the gold paved way, Dorothy!

humpback · July 31, 2015, 12:35pm

Or maybe accurately calculate wind pressure changing the bullet’s flight?