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Encrypted Ammunition?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the really-bad-ideas dept.

holy_calamity writes "A patent has been filed for bullets with built-in encryption. Pulling the trigger sends a radio signal to the cartridge in the chamber, but the charge only goes off if the right encryption key is sent. The aim is to improve civilian firearm security." Not sure I'm quite ready to trust the average techno-gadget failure rate on something like this just yet.

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  1. Re:Oh oh, I want to ignore reality too. by 6Yankee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, the new style is stupid. Grandparent is modded into oblivion, so parent looks like a reply to something else altogether. Yay.