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.

  • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I mean you’re looking at what it will take to fully control guns in America.

    Any second thoughts?

        • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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          4 days ago

          It’s not. They haven’t addressed the already available ways to produce ghost weapons that have existed for decades.

          Just like ID verification laws aren’t about protecting children.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      5 days ago

      Yes, instead of trying with laws that are getting sillier and sillier, try to make just one that make sense.