Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoCalifornia just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printerswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printerswww.theregister.comPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGodort@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·5 hours agoHow would this even be enforced? Like, it seems like it would be a trivial process to just install a firmware package without the blocks.
minus-squaresharkteethsandwich@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·5 hours agoIt’s probably just an extra charge they can throw at you if your house ever gets searched. Fuck hobby enthusiasts I guess
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoNot true (yet). Could be later, but for now, there’s no crime for circumvention.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoIt can’t. They want to destroy 3D printers and Free Software in general entirely.
minus-squareBahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoFrom Lewis Rossmans bit on this from this morning, an internet connection and third party AI scanning tools. So its a whole bucket of “fuck that noise”.
minus-square0xDREADBEEF@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoit’s enforced by stopping most people from trying to get into making 3d printer software. Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 hours agoDigital signatures and closed firmware.
How would this even be enforced?
Like, it seems like it would be a trivial process to just install a firmware package without the blocks.
It’s probably just an extra charge they can throw at you if your house ever gets searched. Fuck hobby enthusiasts I guess
Not true (yet). Could be later, but for now, there’s no crime for circumvention.
And small businesses.
It can’t. They want to destroy 3D printers and Free Software in general entirely.
From Lewis Rossmans bit on this from this morning, an internet connection and third party AI scanning tools.
So its a whole bucket of “fuck that noise”.
it’s enforced by stopping most people from trying to get into making 3d printer software. Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers
Don’t give them ideas
Digital signatures and closed firmware.