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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 [see comments] (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Brother deny the claims:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/

via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250

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[–] -5 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

Urgent security fixes are gonna go unpatched

I don't understand why a printer would ever need an "urgent security fix". Or a software update for that matter.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    ... 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.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    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!

    Wouldn't be a problem if you didn't include a serial connection to the cartridge in the first place!

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