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Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing - EFF (eff.salsalabs.org)
submitted 6 hours ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://libretechni.ca/post/1263630

New York’s state budget could pass within days. Buried deep in the text is a provision that has nothing to do with balancing the books. Part C of the budget bill would require every 3D printer sold in New York to run surveillance software that scans every design file you create, and blocks anything an algorithm flags as a potential firearm component . A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.

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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So what you mean to tell me is that every 3D printer in New York is going to come with an index of firearm components?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Not to mention that someone's going to come out with a jailbreak option for every 3D printer within a couple of weeks of this being implemented at a manufacturing scale.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Think of the children!™

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Think of the CEOs.