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.
So why is this part of a budget? Why are they allowed to pass laws/regulations as a footnote to a budget.
Its insane, if I presented a budget for approval and it included footnotes adding in random unrelated policies I’d be laughed out of a job.
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?
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.
I mean, at the end of the day, we’re talking stepper motors, switches, a resistive heater, (EDIT: or two. Forgot about the heated bed) a thermistor (or two, heated bed again), a few fans. maybe a solenoid. What you’re usually buying with a 3d printer is the hardware and the mechanical engineering that went into it, The on board software is… sufficient, but there’s a reason things like Octoprint and Klipper are so popular.
Someone outside the USA who is annoyed at stupid US policies fucking over the rest of the world yet again.
There is no such technology. This will effectively ban 3d printers until there is. It’s not as trivial as they make it sound
California is trying to do the same thing. https://youtu.be/5ax9zW0w_gY
At least in the US, this is pretty ridiculous. We have more murder tools (AKA guns) than people. And considering the majority of them are loaded and unsecured, we obviously don’t care about safety and more guns isn’t something we seem to mind so…
I think we can just print whatever the fuck we want on our 3D printers. The manufacturers of guns can seriously fuck off with this garbage legislation hidden under the guise of safety.
When it mandates technology in hardware, manufacturers don’t build a New York-only version. They build one version and sell it everywhere. What passes in Albany won’t stay in New York.
Once again, the USA is being a problem for the entire world.
And, as usual, we don’t get any say in the matter unless/until we completely isolate ourselves from them.
Just once I’d like to see the world’s companies react to dumb local laws by refusing to sell their products where the laws apply. Problem is, other states and countries always introduce matching stupid laws soon enough. California, for example, is introducing a similar restriction on 3D printers.
Americans do love insisting that it’s impossible to control guns, even though literally every other country does it successfully.
What 3d printing software do you use in your country that detects if gun parts are being printed?
Because as far as I know, that’s impossible.
Edit: I assume the downvote confirms such software doesn’t exist.
I mean you’re looking at what it will take to fully control guns in America.
Any second thoughts?
