misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down10
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minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months 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.
minus-square大きいBOY@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months 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.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoThe fun part is the security exploits often come from things like DRM ink cartridges that allows an attack to come from the goddamn cartridge!
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAny networked device can be used to gain access to the rest of the network (kind of).
I don’t understand why a printer would ever need an “urgent security fix”. Or a software update for that matter.
… 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.
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!
Oh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!
Any networked device can be used to gain access to the rest of the network (kind of).