philba
New Member
Hi, I've noticed a number of requests that ask for help on projects that would easily be weaponizable or directly used for a weapon. here is a recent one - https://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/rf-guided-missile-control-sorry-need-some-ideas.23905/
while this may well be a student project, what kind of instructor would assign something like this? If it's not a student project then the intent is very questionable.
I don't want to stifle the free exchange of information but there are some projects we just should not help people on. Clearly there are many circuits that have such broad use that it doesn't make sense to shun - count down timers, for example. But there are others like the RF tracking project from the above link that, in my opinion, cross the line. I don't know where the line is, though.
I don't know what should be done. close the obvious threads, maybe? ask pointed questions? In this era of bombs in baby carriages, I think we should be a bit careful on what gets helped.
while this may well be a student project, what kind of instructor would assign something like this? If it's not a student project then the intent is very questionable.
I don't want to stifle the free exchange of information but there are some projects we just should not help people on. Clearly there are many circuits that have such broad use that it doesn't make sense to shun - count down timers, for example. But there are others like the RF tracking project from the above link that, in my opinion, cross the line. I don't know where the line is, though.
I don't know what should be done. close the obvious threads, maybe? ask pointed questions? In this era of bombs in baby carriages, I think we should be a bit careful on what gets helped.