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Armatix "Smart Gun" - Possible Interference from Portable Phones

Several weeks ago, I sent the following inquiry to Armatix, the makers of the "Smart System iP1", a "smart gun" secured by a RFID watch. Today I recieved an email stating that they will not be answering my questions because the information is "company confidential". My original letter and the resulting email string are as follows.


Armatix Response Pending

Two weeks ago, I sent an inquiry to Armatix, the manufacturer of the "Smart System iP1" weapon system. This inquiry asked important questions about the security of the communications between the "smart gun" and its corresponding "smart watch".

I have sent a second email to Armatix hoping for a response, but I'm not sure it's going to be in their interests to answer my questions.

UPDATE: Armatix has sent me the following:

we are processing your inquiry and will get back to you as soon as possible.


Kind regards,



Valentin <removed>
Sales Department

Crowdfunding RFID Security Research

I've been thinking about doing some research on the security of RFID tags/access cards/etc.

This is the same topic which the Mythbusters have been banned from discussing by the Discovery Channel due to concerns by the network's advertisers reasons unknown.

RFID is used by retailers for inventory control, building access control, livestock tracking, credit cards, passports, and even medical uses. And yet, there have been very few in-depth security studies of RFID technology.

Unfortunately, RFID equipment isn't cheap, and there are a lot of different RFID tags out there. So, I'm probably going to need to turn to crowdfunding to get the project going.

I've never used crowdfunding, and I'm aware there are a lot of different options. Any suggestions? I'm open to any helpful ideas.