misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down13file-text
arrow-up11.15Karrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agomessage-square218fedilinkfile-text
Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-220 hours 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! Wouldn’t be a problem if you didn’t include a serial connection to the cartridge in the first place!
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoOh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!
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!
Oh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!