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.
edit: somebody complained the url isn't a eff domain, so here's the eff site linking to this petition/url: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing
28 Comments
mlfh@lm.mlfh.org · 83 pts · 117d
More laws written by people who have zero fucking idea what they're writing laws about.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 117d
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 117d
The people writing the laws know exactly what they’re doing. Also, the people writing the laws are not necessarily the people passing the laws.
Lobbyists often will write laws, and then wine and dine lawmakers to pass them.
bad1080@piefed.social · 10 pts · 117d
that would imply they're not getting huge
bribessorry donations by people for them to write those exact lawsWilloughby@piefed.world · 65 pts · 117d
Literally Think of the firearms!
Most people effected by this will be normies browsing for a printer for their kids. No one illegally printing guns will give any kind of a fuck when they have a garage full of DIY printers.
So yeah, it's just another way to spy on people.
scutiger@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 117d
Don't even need a DIY printer. No software is going to figure out every way it's possible to split up a firearm into smaller parts that can be glued or screwed together.
Squidious@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 116d
Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)
quack@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 116d
Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 116d
And people are buying printers that require cloud connections.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 37 pts · 117d
You don't need a 3D printer to make firearms. There are tons of guides on improvised weapons for self-defense.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 117d
4am@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 117d
Exactly. Once the infrastructure is there, they can slowly start banning anything they want. They can DMCA physical items since they were shared through digital means. Broken parts fixed by 3d printing are “circumventing the digital lock” of not wanting you to print a part yourself.
The physical world now has a Terms of Service, and you implicitly agreed by existing.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 117d
Maeve@kbin.earth · 8 pts · 117d
And if they cared about kids, they'd do something about school shootings, like go after parents.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 117d
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 117d
Reminds me of how nobody can own fertilizer after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Pffft!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 116d
people have been making zip guns from hardware stores for years.
The gun industry has a huge business in selling parts no questions asked. The idea that you can print a functional gun out of plastic is bad science fiction.
This is more about fighting right to repair.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 116d
California is trying this shit as well. It makes no goddamn sense.
If I wanted a gun, I'd go buy one. What a fucking joke. There are more guns than people here, what the fuck is this even accomplishing?
douglasg14b@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 116d
Paving the way towards giving overreaching governments and corporations power over what you're allowed to print
Deftworks@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 97d
Yeah, I tried printing a couple of Jackson's with my laser jet but the damn things won't even scan.
courval@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 116d
Cutting down competition..
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 116d
Page doesn't load
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 116d
Maybe it's jammed. These plastic parts sometimes don't fit very well.
bad1080@piefed.social · 1 pts · 116d
it works for me, i checked just now
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 116d
Now try on tor browser in safest mode. Or in a text based browser. It's just an empty page.
solxix@pawb.social · 4 pts · 116d
Fuck sites that require javascript
rbn@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 116d
If they block you from printing guns with a 3D printer, you could print a 3D printer that doesn't have this limitation and use that instead.
modus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 109d
Or just say fuck you and print guns to protect your printer when they try to take it. Also install Octoprint.
bad1080@piefed.social · 1 pts · 116d
you could yes but you can bet your ass circumventing those regulations will be a felony as well
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 116d
Fuck. I should not have bought a Bambu. This is going to mess with my machine when they update the firmware.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 116d
Dont update the firware and use Orca Slicer
iglou@programming.dev · 1 pts · 116d
MortUS@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 117d
Raffster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 116d
I can print parts (and even invent them!) that I would otherwise have to order from China. And this with polymers that can be grown and recycled. That is definitely a huge improvement...