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Re:Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat? by monochromatic on Sunday January 27, 2013 @03:28PM (#5125516)
Well, fair enough. If you hard-code in a few of the more common files that contain AR lowers, you'll probably catch 80% of this.
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Re:Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat? by taeric on Sunday January 27, 2013 @03:47PM (#5125599)
Actually, I was thinking more that you could target common ammunition types.

Regardless, I thought it keyed into this idea, because so long as you had it in the printer to make it such that any printer it created also did this, it fits this description perfectly. (And yeah, I realize I just jumped from 3d printer to replicators. My knowledge in this area is as shallow as it seems. :) )

Edit: forgot to add, the idea was originally that the printer would make the gun in such a way that it would be identifiable as coming from that printer. Not that it would have to refuse to make them.

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