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HP CEO: Blocking third-party ink from printers fights viruses
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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To put it another way: HP printers are so poorly designed that ink cartridges are vectors for viruses
two years laytair
"HP has issued a recall on its print cartridges after a security issue allowed hackers to gain access to their source code."
If you would just continuously use our proprietary, wireless DRM-enabled, subscription disinfectant, the wounds we keep cutting into you will (likely) remain uninfected