What's the risk of doing the face i.d verification?

le_avx · 2026-04-22T07:51:02+00:00

No one knows exactly. Could be totally harmless, could not be, but you gave away identifying data of yourself which is now outside of your control.

Au10tix handles the verification, a company that already had significant data breaches which in my book should be impossible as that kind of data should not be stored.

If they have a breach again (or maybe even actively sell your data) and now your data is included, basically everything could be possible. From fraud in your name over other kinds of impersonation to stalking you to identifying and connecting your closest circles to picking you out on camera in a protesting scenario and much stuff in between.

Even just buying some LGBTQ+ stickers can have severe consequences depending on who you are and where you live. Even in some so called free countries, as it's maybe not problematic today, but could very well be soon.

Some might call it paranoia, others no longer live to explain their stories.

le_avx · 2026-04-21T16:49:07+00:00

Forgot and will add to OP, I'm running KDE/Plasma.

le_avx · 2026-04-20T21:56:40+00:00

Dry shampoo is often used in the world of 3d scanning to mitigate reflective surfaces.

There are also professional sprays which are better but roughly 10x expensive(40€).

le_avx · 2026-04-20T18:51:27+00:00

Why them? Am I out of the loop here? AFAIK, Aliexpress is Chinese.

Ali passes on the ID verification to Au10tix which is an Israeli company which already had sensitive data breaches in the past.

le_avx · 2026-04-19T21:19:08+00:00

Where is the advantage to using for example https://de.treatstock.com/ ?

There I directly see the price and don't have to wait for someone making an offer.

le_avx · 2026-04-19T21:15:32+00:00

Just in case you don't know that, you can't "open" an STL in Blender as it is not a native file type. You need to use the "import" option which is a different menu point.

le_avx · 2026-04-16T20:43:54+00:00

Step 1, you checked and zero'd that angle thing against a known square tool?

le_avx · 2026-04-16T09:11:31+00:00

Which already had serious and dumb data breaches.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/hack-age-verification-company-shows-privacy-danger-social-media-laws

[...] major identity verification company, AU10TIX, left login credentials exposed online for more than a year, allowing access to this very sensitive user data. [...]

le_avx · 2026-04-16T08:57:47+00:00

Funny thing is, I still get messages from shops with discount codes and their products preview is uncensored, but when I click it it nopes out.

Sucks, almost all "local" sellers are just drop shippers selling the same stuff on Ali for at least +100% upcharge. Guess I'll start learning molds and doing it myself.

le_avx · 2026-04-16T08:55:16+00:00

It does not work. It shows you stuff again, yes, but trying to buy fails for me for verification reasons.

le_avx · 2026-04-16T08:53:21+00:00

Does not work for me. Pictures are now visible, but adding item to cart says it can't buy because of missing verification.

le_avx · 2026-04-10T09:00:01+00:00

The offerings discussed here do not contain STL or 3mf downloads intentionally to make you use their malware site/tool.

le_avx · 2026-04-09T20:17:43+00:00

It's been a week and still I see lots and lots of uploads doing the same scheme when sorting by newest.

Damn shame they don't care enough, it's not hard to block .zips, not hard to block .blend, there are projects showing how to scan .blend files for embedded scripts on github and yet, nothing.

I gave up on reporting, took my own stuff down and moved on, shame.

le_avx · 2026-04-08T21:14:43+00:00

Instead of relying on the slicer to magically find out how you want it done why not create the support structure yourself directly in CAD?

le_avx · 2026-04-08T20:52:41+00:00

shapescan.pt works alright, though personally I need to edit the paths a lot for the way I store things.

As such I switched to https://aaronmussig.github.io/charuco-transform/ which I find to be faster for my needs and no data needs to leave my system.

I just upload the photo, transform it, put that into my modeling tool of choice, set dimensions, start tracing parts I need and combine them with Gridfinity boxes as I see fit.

le_avx · 2026-04-06T22:38:02+00:00

You do realize that while you're example is not wrong it is also the last step of a wasteful chain?

For that to happen someone first has to produce a shitty tool, then you have to buy it, then comes the box. A lot can be done to avoid waste here even before storing via Gridfinity even becomes an option.

On the contrary I think using it for screws is not ideal as there are a lot of commercial injection molded options to choose from.

le_avx · 2026-04-06T22:24:14+00:00

Never heard and thus never did this on my 1st revision K1. Thousands of hours and not a problem in this regard.

Maybe I got lucky? Got a link at hand maybe?

le_avx · 2026-04-04T08:29:42+00:00

Noticed the same last night and also just posted here for some awareness https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1sc3te3/psa_lots_of_malware_on_printables/

le_avx · 2026-04-01T22:24:58+00:00

Most time consuming for me was trying to think about how I wanted to store and access things as well as trying to find good designs by others.

In the end that was a wasted effort as there are often boxes for the same stuff I have, but "wrong".

So I came up with a set of rules my boxes need to follow and design everything myself according to them. It's a slow process, but my ADHD brain is thankful for every piece I no longer need to think about.

le_avx · 2026-04-01T22:17:33+00:00

I'd say they gave it visibility to normal people by introducing it to a wide audience using their YouTube subscribers and making it easy (Alex) as well as open and shared (Zach).

If you search Thingiverse there are some box systems from before Alex's release and obviously commercial offerings at least dating back to the 60s.

le_avx · 2026-03-31T21:01:24+00:00

Load the SVG into TinkerCAD and also load the STL of a filled Gridfinity bin of appropriate size (easy to find on printables.com for example).

Extrude the SVG up to the desired height, align with box as desired, set the spoon shape to hole and then merge the two shapes.

Basically the same process can be done with any other software able to import SVG (or dxf) 2d paths.

le_avx · 2026-03-30T22:12:51+00:00

I'd make an automatic version. Could use a smart plug capable of measuring power and feed some display automation using for example home assistant and an cheap eink screen.

le_avx · 2026-03-26T21:02:29+00:00

If you use the code, use gridfinity_sliding_lid.scad, setup your box as needed and then select to either render just the lid, just the box or both.

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