BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoHP CEO: Blocking third-party ink from printers fights virusesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkHP CEO: Blocking third-party ink from printers fights virusesarstechnica.comBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
His claims are quickly debunked in the article, as the true reason is, obviously, protecting their IP and subscription model
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI personally love how they gave ink cartridges the ability to execute arbitrary code. Not like there are ways for them to have a signed hash or something that could do the same amount of validation, but actual code. That’s HP’s fuckup, not ours.
I personally love how they gave ink cartridges the ability to execute arbitrary code. Not like there are ways for them to have a signed hash or something that could do the same amount of validation, but actual code. That’s HP’s fuckup, not ours.