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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 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

They are incompetent enough to pass this bill without a tangible means to do what want from it so idk man. The bill mentions scanning of the files so I don't think it will be based off hashes, but rather some AI driven slicer built into the printers or requiring printers to be connected to an AI to start a print. The problem becomes the question of what is a gun and what constitutes useable. Can I print a Dick Gun? What about a Dick minigun? Or would they both be banned?