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  • eric@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world*deleted by creator*
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    2 years ago

    “We have seen that you can embed viruses in the cartridges. Through the cartridge, [the virus can] go to the printer, [and then] from the printer, go to the network.”

    Either this is complete bullshit or HP is over-engineering completely unnecessary vulnerabilities into their hardware. There’s no reason why a dumb ink cartridge (no DRM) would need any ability to send data to the printer other than very short messages (like a few bytes at most), so it should not be possible for an ink cartridge to give the printer a virus unless this vulnerability is the direct result of the new DRM-tracking additions.

    So HP is either malicious or incompetent, and regardless of which it is, I can’t see myself trusting another of their products ever again.












  • Hard disagree. I’ve put mentos in my mouth then took a big gulp of cola, and it definitely still worked. Maybe it wasn’t as powerful as it would be in a plastic bottle, but powerful enough to shoot a torrent of foam out my mouth and nose.

    Edit: and to reiterate the title, I do not have Jesus, so your results may vary if you happen to have Jesus in your mouth.