bdickens
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I think it is stupid. If you can't keep track of it, you have no business owning a gun in the first place.
Attaching it to the gun would be be the biggest issue. Someone should make an air tag adapter for a pic rail, probably easy peasy for anyone with a 3d printer.Why not just use an AirTag? And you don’t have to tell your software that it’s tracking a “gun.”
Don't worry, New Jersey already knows where your guns are.I mean if you cant keep track of you firearm,you shouls not own/carry one.
Brave man!I don't care how strong the encryption might be, the only "App" I use is somewhere between my ears.
When human nature degrades to the point of not being able to keep track of the EDC - it happens! - harsh language is a suitable alternative. The older one gets, the harsher the language we have at our disposal.I sympathize a little with "if you don't know where your gun is, you shouldn't have one," but I also know human nature.
Okay, thanks. I see now it's some kind of proximity sensor. It transmits as long as the battery stays good, and it's received on the phone. Probably by Bluetooth.OK, from someone who did IT security for many years, there is good and bad here.
At it's core, the device looks to be using some kind of short-range radio to announce itself to your phone. Probably some form of Bluetooth low-energy. Which means that there is no reason for a cloud connection or any internet connection between your phone or the device. So it sounds like he made a good start. To be clear, you can't track it if it goes away. Your phone just yells if it leaves a certain numbe of feet from your gun, (To avoid leaving it in the bathroom, or pick-holsters)
However, the sheer fact that you have to create an account is a warning sign that they want to use something on your phone at some point. And the account is required. The device is not a GPS, but your phone is.
Most worrying is the Privacy Notice:
PRIVACY AND COOKIE NOTICE
GUNNY Company collects and processes the personal data of the visitors of the Website and users of the Application.
That's it. "process" can refer to selling, sharing, giving away, and really anything they want. It is an open privacy policy that really doesn't limit them.
Most privacy notices are multiple pages long and they try to hide their sharing of data under 10 feet of BS.
Fixed that for you.Sounds like an FBI/ATF sting operation.
I'm rather late to the party, but...did we not learn from the Liberty Safe fiasco?Selling personal data would be a concern. Not sure what the developer will track and what data might be sold. I’m one who doesn’t advertise owing guns—no stickers or clothing to make others aware.
Nowhere near the same thing. Luggage has a high probability of being lost (dare I say...stolen?) while traveling.Like an Apple AirTag or Tile placed on your luggage?
This is something I've struggled with for years. I hate it that we can't have a simple, open conversation in this country without fear of victimization or reprisal.Yet every person on this forum does it all the time.
People laugh at me, but I'm a big a fan of the old school, WW I era lanyards on handguns.Texas superintendent resigns after student finds his gun in school bathroom
Security officer leaves gun unattended at Story Elementary School
After leaving a gun unattended in school restroom, Granbury teacher is put on leave
Whitney HS vice principal left gun unattended in bathroom
Weapon found in faculty bathroom, Lubbock ISD officer on leave
2 Texas School Security Officers Fired for Leaving Unattended Guns on Campus
Now.........thats just a few stories on firearms left in restrooms in Texas schools that were discovered by students or other teachers/staff in the last few years. There's more....a lot more. How many times was a gun left unattended and the carrier went back for it before someone else discovered? How many of these instances of negligence weren't reported?
Not to mention the number of Google hits if I had expanded my search beyond "firearms left in Texas schools".
There sure as hell is a problem. I'm not saying a cell phone app is the answer, but to dismiss it as a "solution in search of a problem" defies reality.
I have even discontinued any shooting sports related magazine subscriptions, sadly. Woke corporate supermarkets have stripped them from their magazine sections, too.Selling personal data would be a concern. Not sure what the developer will track and what data might be sold. I’m one who doesn’t advertise owing guns—no stickers or clothing to make others aware.
I laughed at that, but I used to have a lanyard for one of my Kel-Tecs. I could put the lanyard over my shoulder and jog with it tucked in the waistband of my jogging shorts. It stayed there really well.People laugh at me, but I'm a big a fan of the old school, WW I era lanyards on handguns.
Lanyard, wallet chain...hell, even one of those things that keeps people from stealing pens from the bank. That's all the technology anyone should require.People laugh at me, but I'm a big a fan of the old school, WW I era lanyards on handguns.