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His claims are quickly debunked in the article, as the true reason is, obviously, protecting their IP and subscription model

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[–] Overzeetop@beehaw.org 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

in the code that was talking to the ink cartridge.

So the flaw is in the printer or driver, and HP has just admitted to shipping an insecure, nay negligently dangerous, product to consumers?

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the 90s, they shipped recovery CDs with viruses baked in. Knowingly shipping destructive code and hardware is kinda HP's thing.

[–] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've not heard about this. Does anyone have a link to share? Can't find one myself

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

This was 95ish. We were under strict orders not to confirm it. HP worked hard to keep it under wraps. Now layer on the fact the web was still in its infancy, you likely won't find a whole lot about it.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

They all have flaws, that's ostensibly why they also provide firmware updates. I think it's likely their software team even fixed the original flaw while their make more money team extended it into locking down products even more.