They use the small flash inside the DRM chip in the cartridge to store the telemetry, then the e-waste companies are paid by HP to read and send to the mothership the contents of the chips sent to recycle

  • omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    It’s HP, I assume opting out has to be done online, and the web link to opt out takes you to a page that is 404’ed

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      Too simple.

      You need to open a website to print your written request form (which is 404’d, btw), and which you have to mail from a US location because other places don’t exist (unless they have laws, then we won’t risk it).

      For those placez we just say we don’t do it to them. Then if and when the trashed cartridges do come to us, they’re all known to be from the US (pinky promise).