https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/656187/3d-printer-firm-fights-firearms-rise-dummy-blueprints/?fbclid=IwAR3km2HUBt4S0uQXGZAlxfsjDjVDl29U35Q_gIiah9ZxmPMkWFPJ1Ki4DIk
"As part of its ‘HarmlessGuns’ campaign, Dagoma claimed it was actively “spreading 3D files of harmless weapons, thus access to actual ones gets harder”.
The company said it trawled the internet to collect hundreds of weapons blueprints, which it subtly modified to “make them unusable when printed”.
The modifications included making the diameter of gun barrels too small for bullets to fit down and changing triggers so they missed firing pins. According to the company more than 400 weapon parts were “rendered harmless”.
To make the dummy blueprints more difficult to detect, the adapted designs retained the same filename, weight and size of the originals."
This mob have been disseminating corrupted 3D printer files for a while hoping to disrupt the idea of printing firearms.
Now, as NSW made it illegal to possess such files...what happens when somebody goes to court and discovers the illegal files they possess actually produce nothing more than a plastic paperweight?
After a few dozen cases are tossed out of court at great expense I could see them repealing the legislation as unenforceable.
In which case, has this mob actually done more harm than good in this endeavour?