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HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers (www.wired.com)

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HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers::The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.

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[-] magnus@lemmy.ahall.se 25 points 9 months ago

What if they DIDN'T have a chip in the ink cartridge, and just used it as a container that could be refilled and used in every printer they made? No hacking the cartridge then.

No, that's crazy talk!

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

No but see then you could get hacked through...uh...nanobots in the ink! Yeah. Real problem, totally possible, definitely happens.

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