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[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They're probably gonna try making the slicer send the print to a central server (based on what I was hearing about the California law), so while making a printer from a kit (like a Voron) isn't a bad idea, they're probably gonna try to aim for the software side. The whole thing is so dumb.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

Proposal, all FOSS slicers come with a secondary download with a disclaimer like:

THIS ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE IS definitely not SPYWARE MANDATED BY THE US GOVERNMENT. For residents of XYZ jurisdiction you are "required" to copy this file to your slicer/snitchoneverythingyoudo folder. If you DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS SOFTWARE, your slicer will not be able to report your activities to the government. You have been warned.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So airgap an older version of Klipper...

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

For the printer side, sure. But if they start declaring slicers that aren't phoning to a govt server illegal... they'll be slightly harder to find and install. Which is just why this is soo stupid. Not only is it very hard to enforce, phoning models into a central server and expecting it to know what models contain parts for a gun or the like isn't really possible (you could maybe make some AI to intuit a bit, but it would probably suck at actually figuring out if a print is dangerous or not).

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Prusa already does this if you let it. I have been doing it because its a convenient feature, but now Im definitely going back to the old way