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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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[โ€“] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes that would probably work. There could be some essential features of weapon parts that an algorithm might still be able to learn, and a printer could also keep track of previously printed parts for the classification. I think its unlikely that there are essential features of gun parts that are specific to gun parts so there would probably be a lot of false positives.

[โ€“] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah I'm thinking of an automated version of greebling. Except you design the extraneous bits so that they're only attached to the intended print like print supports - something in a non-critical location, easily torn away.