Third-party ink cartridges brick HP printers after 'anti-virus' update
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HP is pushing over-the-air firmware updates to its printers, bricking them if they are using third-party ink cartridges. But don’t...

HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of ‘hackers’.::HP is pushing over-the-air firmware updates to its printers, bricking them if they are using third-party ink cartridges. But don’t…

  • Dem BosainEnglish
    13•5 months ago

    So, what can I do with the code contained in an ink-cartridge chip? Can I play Doom?

    Is it irony if the only virus ever written for an ink-cartridge just bricks the printer?

    • @[email protected]English
      9•5 months ago

      It could be irony but, aside from the plastic, I’d expect it to be a little more coppery and silicony.