Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ...
by JKCalhoun on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:03AM
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"Lost my phone and now I can't use my power tools...."
— Future internet of shit post
Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ...
by giantg2 on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:18AM
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Not if it's using an app that stores the info in some manufacturers database (just imagine the marketing goldmine of tracking users usage).
Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ...
by yencabulator on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:09PM
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"The manufacturers website is down and now I can't use my power tools...."
— Future internet of shit post
True, that didn't really come to mind since they don't generally talk about allowing that for guns. The best thing is probably using one's phone as the token since the phone has bluetooth and this article mentions that the tools are unlocked with that.
The reason I brought up biometrics is that the unlocking 'token' is less likely to get lost than the bracelet, etc. But that does bring up another good point, that some of the common biometrics like fingerprints wouldn't work since many people wear work gloves.
Although, it would provide a good large-scale proof of concept for smart gun tech if it worked the same as the proposed smart gun tech.