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user-inactivated  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can 'smart' guns curtail gun violence?

#no. DRM doesn't work on physical objects even more than it doesn't work on digital objects. that's why "smart guns" and DRM cars are both terrible ideas. you can't prevent someone from circumventing all your carefully crafted defenses if they can just cut into the machine.

in general, systems like this will also increase the potential for failure at any time of use, and for guns in particular, the consequences for that may be exceptionally dire.