Absolutely correct. Anything people make, people can crack. The real danger here is that, like polygraphs, common people will be brainwashed into believing that the system is foolproof, which will make framing someone far easier. Biometrics, especially fingerprint recognition, has already been shown to be easily beaten with simple materials. There are simply no magic devices that will prevent people from misbehaving. And what about a victim who manages to get the gun away from an attacker? They won't be able to use it to defend themselves. Deal with the real problem, not the symptom. Reminds me of an old sci-fi novel, The Weapon Shops of Isher. I think it is a good idea as long as it is not hyped as being perfect, like the article seemed to intimate.
Latest news for the BBC, maybe. Richard Hoagland discussed this at length two years ago on the Enterprise Mission site:
http://www.enterprisemission.com
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Absolutely correct. Anything people make, people can crack. The real danger here is that, like polygraphs, common people will be brainwashed into believing that the system is foolproof, which will make framing someone far easier. Biometrics, especially fingerprint recognition, has already been shown to be easily beaten with simple materials. There are simply no magic devices that will prevent people from misbehaving. And what about a victim who manages to get the gun away from an attacker? They won't be able to use it to defend themselves. Deal with the real problem, not the symptom. Reminds me of an old sci-fi novel, The Weapon Shops of Isher. I think it is a good idea as long as it is not hyped as being perfect, like the article seemed to intimate.
Latest news for the BBC, maybe. Richard Hoagland discussed this at length two years ago on the Enterprise Mission site: http://www.enterprisemission.com