Details on exactly how this is done are scarce, with Raviv saying it's accomplished through "mathematical contributions and new security mechanisms."
Sounds like a load of nonsense. They'd have to somehow get this code into your slicer.
Details on exactly how this is done are scarce, with Raviv saying it's accomplished through "mathematical contributions and new security mechanisms."
Sounds like a load of nonsense. They'd have to somehow get this code into your slicer.
I can see where the is going. In the future sanding your 3d part will be tantamount to removing the serial number on a gun.
I assume they add a custom wiggle to the print head so the "serial" is embedded into the plastic everywhere inside and out.
Exactly. So if that wiggle gets sanded off you have effectively anonymized your part
The wiggle isn't only on the surface. I'd bet it is everywhere except for the surface or users would complain about defects. So if you sand the surface, the forensics slices it in half and reads the wiggle that is embedded everywhere inside.
When the wiggle is inside the part the part will be gone after sanding it off.
If the 3D part was used to make a gun, isn't this a fair approach?
Why should I be prevented from manufacturing my own firearms? Gunsmithing is a perfectly legal hobby and I don't understand why new technology needs to change the laws. Just continue enforcing the manufacture of and sale of illegal weapons. My 20g shotgun had a little plastic bit crumble in the hard grip, should it have been illegal for me to 3d print it's replacement because it was involved in the manufacturing of a firearm?
Not all countries allow open ownership of weaponry. Most don't allow this kind of stuff.
I am most definitely opposed to randoms making modifications to their weapons even if they have licensing to own a firearms.
What is a modification? Is a new grip a mod? Putting on a rail to add other stuff, like flashlights?
How does your 3D printer know that the object it's printing is meant be part of a gun?
Impossible to deploy unless they force you to use their own slicer.
This would maybe make it a bit harder, but not by that much. Couldn't one just use the sanded-off 3D printed part as a template for a mould?
Guy at the home depot.... Is there any wroth iron pipe smaller than half inch available? And do you have it chrome plated?
Seriously 3D printing is overrated.
Luckily we have open source firmware and we can build our own printers.
Most ghost guns are not 3D printed so this is nothing but security theater and an invasion of privacy.
Given the diy-nature of almost every 3d printer, I can't see this being very useful for identifying prints.
Exactly my thoughts. I got my machine in 2017 and have replaced enough parts to make a ship of Theseus argument. Most of them weren't even due to wear, I just like rebuilding her. On top of that, every other printer I know is either all diy or kit built. I can't imagine this will stop anyone who genuinely wants to do harm.
So when I turn on variable layer height this whole thing goes out the window. Or if I post process and sand the parts. Oh I know what if I use a slicer and firmware like klipper to bypass everything. No 3d printer that isn't locked down already by closed ecosystem will never have this "code" in the parts.
Sand paper wouldn't really help. They could just cut a part in half. But yeah no way in hell this will ever end up in any of the open source printer firmwares. So it's a moot point.
This has to be borderline useless as a positive identification tool, given that people can...
How about they just focus on other methods of apprehending violent criminals and leave hobbyists alone.
you know how easy it is to circumvent this?
relatively easy, its relatively easy. now you know.
Okay so if I want to print a gun I'll just tighten an eccentric nut or belt tensioner. Lol
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