misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square大きいＢＯＹ@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days ago… Because products can contain security exploits, and if not patched could leave homes and businesses vulnerable. This shouldn’t need to be explained, but here we are.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoDepends on whether you absolutely need your printers connected to the internet or not.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoThe fun part is the security exploits often come from things like DRM ink cartridges that allows an attack to come from the goddamn cartridge!
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoOh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!
… Because products can contain security exploits, and if not patched could leave homes and businesses vulnerable.
This shouldn’t need to be explained, but here we are.
Depends on whether you absolutely need your printers connected to the internet or not.
The fun part is the security exploits often come from things like DRM ink cartridges that allows an attack to come from the goddamn cartridge!
Oh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!