Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
(OP)
Here's an issue that I had never even thought about before:
Eavesdropping on 3D printers allows reverse engineering of sensitive designs
http://www.gizmag.com/eavesdropping-3d-printers/42...
Eavesdropping on 3D printers allows reverse engineering of sensitive designs
http://www.gizmag.com/eavesdropping-3d-printers/42...
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RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
For that matter, how many CNC machining centers are networked to an internet-facing server? 3D Printers aren't the only thing vulnerable. There are many machines that are deliberately internet-facing so that supervisors can monitor in/efficiency, operators/machinists can be notified of downtime (our EDM machines can send a notification to the wire EDM machinist that there's been an alarm, so he can come in and check it out), or because there are 3rd party software or services requiring internet connection to monitor/collect data.
It's one of those security concerns that mostly falls under the "security through obscurity" umbrella. Who's going to hit that vulnerability? What's the likelihood? Anyone who needs the level of security will have secure networks that maintain an air gap.
I have doubts about just how well one could duplicate the model being printed though.
"90% accuracy" doesn't tell me a whole lot. And the devil may be in those details.
However, how would one conduct such espionage in the first place? If they are able to record the sound of the motors, why would they not have a more practical means of duplication?
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
Like many hacks, I consider this one to be a cool proof of concept, but not something worth worrying about.
Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Does 3D-Printing technology put your intellectual property at risk...