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
More laws written by people who have zero fucking idea what they’re writing laws about.
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that would imply they’re not getting huge
bribessorry donations by people for them to write those exact laws
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.
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.
Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)
Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine
You don’t need a 3D printer to make firearms. There are tons of guides on improvised weapons for self-defense.
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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.
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Reminds me of how nobody can own fertilizer after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Pffft!
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.
A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.
you could yes but you can bet your ass circumventing those regulations will be a felony as well
Or just say fuck you and print guns to protect your printer when they try to take it. Also install Octoprint.
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Maybe it’s jammed. These plastic parts sometimes don’t fit very well.
it works for me, i checked just now
Now try on tor browser in safest mode. Or in a text based browser. It’s just an empty page.
Fuck sites that require javascript
Fuck. I should not have bought a Bambu. This is going to mess with my machine when they update the firmware.
A trigger file will trigger the state gestapo.
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