Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoResearchers embed digital 'fingerprints' into 3D printed parts — tech may make future ghost guns more traceablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkResearchers embed digital 'fingerprints' into 3D printed parts — tech may make future ghost guns more traceablewww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·2 months agoExactly. So if that wiggle gets sanded off you have effectively anonymized your part
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThe wiggle isn’t only on the surface. I’d bet it is everywhere except for the surface or users would complain about defects. So if you sand the surface, the forensics slices it in half and reads the wiggle that is embedded everywhere inside.
minus-squareBotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHa. I’ll bet you’re 100% correct.
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen the wiggle is inside the part the part will be gone after sanding it off.
Exactly. So if that wiggle gets sanded off you have effectively anonymized your part
The wiggle isn’t only on the surface. I’d bet it is everywhere except for the surface or users would complain about defects. So if you sand the surface, the forensics slices it in half and reads the wiggle that is embedded everywhere inside.
Ha. I’ll bet you’re 100% correct.
When the wiggle is inside the part the part will be gone after sanding it off.