Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals
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RepairTuber Louis Rossmann taken aback by Brother’s quiet turn to the dark side.
  • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    21 hours ago

    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.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      Any networked device can be used to gain access to the rest of the network (kind of).

    • 大きいＢＯＹ@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      164·
      21 hours ago

      … 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.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        18 hours ago

        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!

      • daddy32@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Depends on whether you absolutely need your printers connected to the internet or not.