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California Passes Backdoor Bill to Control the 3D Printing Hobby and Spy on Small Designers, Prototypers, and Hobbyists (www.techspot.com)
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This first bill allows the state of California to regulate and oversee all 3D prints in the name of public safety.

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[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

What's next? Monitoring ink printers? you gonna stop me from printing out an image of (insert copyright charater here)? Oh yha, they would of they could. Many wernt going to make weapons, but now they might just to defend themselves. Good job. /s

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They kinda already do this with the invisible dots. Not centrally monitored, but still tracked.

[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Unlike the missile, those dots only work if the printer knows where it's at. It's why it's a pain to get offline printer drivers.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Printers that detect whether you're printing the Una Bombers Manifesto again.

[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You joke, but, they will do this if you let them.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Sue me, I wanted a copy on colorful stationery.

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is actually a thing, but specifically for blocking people from printing currency IIRC.

[–] Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, that is correct. But, a couple of file rename and Metadata edits and you can still do it. Don't recommend it, because of regardless of who's in control of the government, they will get ya and it will not be pretty. (talked to a guy who investigates fake money, wooo boy do they not mess around.)

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's secret service territory iirc. Of all the organizations not to fuck with, they're pretty close to the top of the list.