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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

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[-] Squidious@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago

Maybe they will be filtering based upon the file name and description :-)

[-] quack@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

Noted, totally_not_a_gun_pinky_promise.stl will print just fine

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