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Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

My general rule of thumb is that any software update has a 50% chance of making the software worse. So I don't update anything without a good reason. That includes not just device updates but things like phone apps.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

Keeping up-to-date with security updates is incredibly important.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Every CVE I flip a coin.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

But not so much for the printers...

[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Printer botnet goes brr.

this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2025
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