this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
493 points (98.6% liked)

Technology

59669 readers
2856 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
493
HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers (www.wired.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
69 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If there are viruses that can infect a printer from a grey market ink cartridge, 9:1 HP released it into the wild, on purpose. They already know how to write viruses, all of their printing software qualifies.