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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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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Can't regulate the parts as they are used in many many many devices. So as far as I'm concerned this is worthless. I can build a fucking 3d printer from an old VCR and a hot glue gun.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 12 points 13 hours ago

my interest is who is PAYING to fund the bill, i wouldnt be surprised if its gun companies or palantir.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You can, but 90% 3D printer buyers can't, and that's a good enough amount of people to spy on.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

90%?

More like 99.999%

Including op.

There's a difference between building a pile of crap and actually building something that works effectively. It's a difficult hardware and software problem.