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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 months ago

US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components

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Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices
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Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming semi-automatic weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America.
  • Max-P
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    Good luck with that given 3D printers are full of open-source software.

    • @[email protected]
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      Don’t bring that to their attention- they’ll start banning open source too.

      • @[email protected]
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        POLICE, HE RELEASED HIS SOFTWARE FREE FOR ANYONE TO USE, SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT

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          Death by being SWATed after a Github commit.

          • @[email protected]
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            4•8 months ago

            git commit crime

        • The Doctor
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          Working on open source software was one of the things they used against Aaron Swartz.

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