Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing
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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.

  • zikzak025@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 hours ago

    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?

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 minutes ago

      There is no such technology. This will effectively ban 3d printers until there is. It’s not as trivial as they make it sound

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 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.