henfredemars comments on California Just Killed Open Source

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 71 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

Videos is not worth watching. It’s just talking about regulating 3-D printers.

Mind you, we should not regulate 3-D printers, but this is Clickbait, and you should not reward them with your views.

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

~~Regulate them how exactly?~~ (edit: wow, I missed the "not" in your second paragraph multiple times)

Based on other comments I've read (and I may be off base here), it seems 3D printers only understand simple commands like "move printhead" and "emit plastic", which doesn't make them capable of understanding what they're printing. And frankly, based on my observations of other so-called "smart" tech, the dumber you'd keep hardware, the better the hardware remains.

I'm not very creative, so maybe there's something I'm missing here... But last time I checked, you can just drive between states, with a trunkload of guns, which are really easy to procure in the US. No 3D printers needed.

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[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 months ago

If a manufacturer wants to sell a 3d-printer in California, they would need to have the printer approved. The bill basically requires 3d-printer to be locked down, meaning closed source firmware and other closed source software. When ever you want to print something, the printer needs to query some service on the internet to check if it's allowed to print the file.

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