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The vast range of bad puns loaded into this one makes it hard to gauge what to keep in scope, but we’ll give it a shot. Two researchers popped shells on a Linux-enabled gun, drawing the attention of Wired to their high caliber work. This magazine coverage triggered the Vendor into posting a short-sighted statement about the requirement of physical proximity to interface with the gun’s WiFi. The vendor response was more-or-less that everything is cool so long as “you are confident no hackers are within 100 feet”. Having their fears eased by the vendor’s response, the affected users put their super-secure Android network-bridges phones back in their pockets and carried on shooting.