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Naperville, Illinois-based Fortress Safe announced the recall of nearly 61,000 biometric gun safes via the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), warning owners of the safes that despite believing they may have properly programmed a fingerprint feature that gives the owner access to their firearms, the safe is in fact left in the default open mode, enabling anyone to open it.
A recent lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old boy died after accessing a firearm inside one of the safes in question. There have also been 39 consumer-reported incidents in which the safes were accessed with unpaired fingerprints.
The nine models included in the recall are the Fortress Portable Safe with Biometric Lock (11B20); Fortress Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock (44B10); Legend Range & Field Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock (44B10L); Fortress Medium Personal Safe with Biometric Lock (44B20); Fortress Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B20); Fortress Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B30); Gettysburg Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B30G); Cabela’s 4 Gun Safe with Biometric Lock (4BGGBP); and Cabela’s Biometric Personal Safe (55B30BP).
All the recalled safes were manufactured in China and imported and distributed by Xpedition LLC, dba Fortress Safe.
link to the full recall notice: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/F...y-Hazard-and-Risk-of-Death-One-Death-Reported
link to get a replacement from the company: https://t.co/XboDGoSFAj
Personally, as a former software developer and systems analyst, I would NEVER have a biometric ANYTHING.
A recent lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old boy died after accessing a firearm inside one of the safes in question. There have also been 39 consumer-reported incidents in which the safes were accessed with unpaired fingerprints.
The nine models included in the recall are the Fortress Portable Safe with Biometric Lock (11B20); Fortress Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock (44B10); Legend Range & Field Personal Safe with Pop up door and Biometric Lock (44B10L); Fortress Medium Personal Safe with Biometric Lock (44B20); Fortress Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B20); Fortress Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B30); Gettysburg Large Quick Access Safe with Biometric Lock (55B30G); Cabela’s 4 Gun Safe with Biometric Lock (4BGGBP); and Cabela’s Biometric Personal Safe (55B30BP).
All the recalled safes were manufactured in China and imported and distributed by Xpedition LLC, dba Fortress Safe.
link to the full recall notice: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/F...y-Hazard-and-Risk-of-Death-One-Death-Reported
link to get a replacement from the company: https://t.co/XboDGoSFAj
Personally, as a former software developer and systems analyst, I would NEVER have a biometric ANYTHING.