Is the sniper rifle really necessary?! Unless you're planning on eliminating the cell phone user so they never discover the hack. Otherwise, wouldn't a stand-alone scope do just as well, and get you into a lot less trouble from law enforcement?
After I RTFA, I found that a sniper rifle was not used
The BlueSniper "rifle," created by John Hering and colleagues at Flexilis as a proof-of-concept device, resembles a rifle. It has a vision scope and a yagi antenna with a cable that runs to a Bluetooth-enabled laptop or PDA in a backpack.
From even a moderate distance, very closely. I think part of it is simply the stance, the way it's held. But it's also colored like a rifle, the same length as a rifle, and has a similar handle on one end. It's very convincing. Actually aiming the thing, and pointing it at somebody, would be more than enough to create some seriously panicked people.
Concept is cool, but anybody that uses this thing in public would be in serious danger of being shot by a SWAT team.
Now why someone thought it necessary to call it a 'sniper rifle' when they submitted the article is beyond me since it's at the very least misleading.
It actually makes a lot of sense, no? The device resembles a rifle- not just out of some "cool" factor, but because use of the device requires aim, and the rifle form is suitable. It also has metaphorical relation to the rifle, in that it's a "weapon of attack", so to speak. Further, insofar as the attack is a long range attack from a concealed location, it makes a certain amount of sense to call it "sniping".
So, insofar as it lead to you believe people were firing bullets through a sniper rifle as a means to hack cell-phones, yes, it was misleading. However, I think it was only intended to draw the obvious metaphorical comparison between what these guys were doing and what a sniper does.
The scope and the rifle are already calibrated. If you use a stand alone scope, where exactly will you fit the antenna. I actually think its pretty cool. Wonder what their defense would be if they got caught pointing the rifle at someone.
To my knowledge, there is no law anywhere that makes it illegal to point an antenna at someone. So, they do not require any defense to prosecution...
Yeah, but if it's an antenna mounted on a rifle stock that looks a lot like a rifle, you could be shot (justifiably) by the cops in their self-defense. Hell, the cops have killed people holding toy guns or cell phones and gotten off. Something that is mounted on a rifle stock and looks a lot like a rifle is not something you'd want to be pointing at people
Wouldn't you have to recalibrate the scope to take into account the fact that the radio signal isn't going to drop the way a bullet does? I would think that you could just wire-tie the scope to the axis of the antenna, maybe inserting some insulation in between them. No need to go around upsetting people who are afraid of guns.
A question: If my rifle is a muzzleloader, does this mean I have to use Morse code instead of Bluetooth?
I think you're going to be in trouble from Homeland Security, but not necessarily the regular police. You have a right to bear arms. While you can carry a rifle without a license in plain sight downtown (barring municipal codes), it's illegal to have a handgun in a safe at your home unless you're licensed, registered, and have passed a background check.
But Homeland Security throws that out the window; any "terrorist activity", as they define it, is susceptible to their rules.
If the 2nd ammendment was rewritten today, with todays needs in mind (and not those 200+ years ago), there wouldn't be a 2nd ammendment. Or if there was, it would be two words. The military. Not a bunch of accountants running around with handguns, making "pow! pow!" sounds. Like they could force off an attack from anyone, apart form some other accountants. Guns don't make soldiers. Just because you have the means to kill a person, doesn't mean you would be able to. Shit. I have lots of frying pans a
What in the heck are you talking about? What accountants are running around making "pow pow" sounds, and believing that this is effective?
(And, for the record, I think you're wrong. I believe that if the framers could have known what was being being done to the 2nd amendment (now and over the last 100 years or so), they'd have tried to clarify it a bit -- "...and when we say 'shall not be infringed', we mean it.")
The Bill of Rights was framed right after we Americans just removed a foreign government from our lands. In order to have a revolution - you need free speech to articulate your reasons, you need privacy and meeting to plan, and you need guns.
That the reason the Bill of Rights allows us to talk, meet and have guns.... just in case.
You might be writing from England, I don't know, but the part about "illegal to have a handgun in safe at your home unless you're licensed, registered, and have passed a background check" is most certainly NOT true in America.
Perhaps England has a division called "Homeland Security" as well, and that's why I'm confused?
When you purchase a handgun in the state where I live, you have to pass a background check, plus a 24-hour "cooling off" period. At the end of this period you get a handgun permit. All handguns purchased in the state must be registered.
And I'm not even going to get into the concealed weapon laws in this state.
Parts of it are true in some parts of the USA. I don't know about the back ground check, but it is my understanding that NY state requires handgun licenses.
I believe that some states even require licenses for each specific handgun.
In some states it may be illegal to own a handgun, but not here in Texas (nor in most states, I think). I can walk into a pawn shop, buy a handgun and keep it in my nightstand with no legal problems whatsoever (and no, there are no children in the house). The only thing that's illegal to do with handguns as far as I can tell is carry them openly. You can only carry them concealed (with a permit) as far as I know.
As far as not getting in trouble, you probably will at least get some nervous people if you'
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* Rifles
* Hacking
* Vicious Camping
Sounds to me like they played too much CS.
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After I RTFA, I found that a sniper rifle was not used
The BlueSniper "rifle," created by John Hering and colleagues at Flexilis as a proof-of-concept device, resembles a rifle. It has a vision scope and a yagi antenna with a cable that runs to a Bluetooth-enabled laptop or PDA in a backpack.
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How much does it resemble a rifle? People get shot here in NYC when wallets and candy bars get mistaken for weapons...
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From even a moderate distance, very closely. I think part of it is simply the stance, the way it's held. But it's also colored like a rifle, the same length as a rifle, and has a similar handle on one end. It's very convincing. Actually aiming the thing, and pointing it at somebody, would be more than enough to create some seriously panicked people.
Concept is cool, but anybody that uses this thing in public would be in serious danger of being shot by a SWAT team.
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Pictue and description of rifle here. [tomshardware.com]
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It actually makes a lot of sense, no? The device resembles a rifle- not just out of some "cool" factor, but because use of the device requires aim, and the rifle form is suitable. It also has metaphorical relation to the rifle, in that it's a "weapon of attack", so to speak. Further, insofar as the attack is a long range attack from a concealed location, it makes a certain amount of sense to call it "sniping".
So, insofar as it lead to you believe people were firing bullets through a sniper rifle as a means to hack cell-phones, yes, it was misleading. However, I think it was only intended to draw the obvious metaphorical comparison between what these guys were doing and what a sniper does.
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I thank you.
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Ready the compuetr, Aim the scope, Trigger the signal, Target HACKED.
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Yeah, but if it's an antenna mounted on a rifle stock that looks a lot like a rifle, you could be shot (justifiably) by the cops in their self-defense. Hell, the cops have killed people holding toy guns or cell phones and gotten off. Something that is mounted on a rifle stock and looks a lot like a rifle is not something you'd want to be pointing at people
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Umm, how about "It's an antenna, not a gun."
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Hopefully kevlar.
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Wouldn't you have to recalibrate the scope to take into account the fact that the radio signal isn't going to drop the way a bullet does? I would think that you could just wire-tie the scope to the axis of the antenna, maybe inserting some insulation in between them. No need to go around upsetting people who are afraid of guns.
A question: If my rifle is a muzzleloader, does this mean I have to use Morse code instead of Bluetooth?
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But Homeland Security throws that out the window; any "terrorist activity", as they define it, is susceptible to their rules.
One of the reasons why laws
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(And, for the record, I think you're wrong. I believe that if the framers could have known what was being being done to the 2nd amendment (now and over the last 100 years or so), they'd have tried to clarify it a bit -- "...and when we say 'shall not be infringed', we mean it.")
Yeah, I know it's off topic.
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The Bill of Rights was framed right after we Americans just removed a foreign government from our lands. In order to have a revolution - you need free speech to articulate your reasons, you need privacy and meeting to plan, and you need guns.
That the reason the Bill of Rights allows us to talk, meet and have guns.... just in case.
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Perhaps England has a division called "Homeland Security" as well, and that's why I'm confused?
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When you purchase a handgun in the state where I live, you have to pass a background check, plus a 24-hour "cooling off" period. At the end of this period you get a handgun permit. All handguns purchased in the state must be registered.
And I'm not even going to get into the concealed weapon laws in this state.
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I believe that some states even require licenses for each specific handgun.
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As far as not getting in trouble, you probably will at least get some nervous people if you'