Comment on HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
D61@hexbear.net 8 months ago
I wonder, with all the programs that emulate old video game consoles and dead operating systems, are there efforts to make programs that can install directly to the printer hardware to undo this type of stuff?
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
HP printers these days requires internet connection linked to your HP account to even work. Same principle as live service online video games.
D61@hexbear.net 8 months ago
Yeah, but if my printer is pretty much a computer that can have its OS/Applications updated, I’m surprised that hackers haven’t found a way to install software to make a printer be a printer instead of a “live service device”.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
It’s not software issue, it’s hardware issue. They use a physical “security” chip that performs authentication.
Latest example of it: HP outrages printer users with firmware update suddenly bricking third-party ink
D61@hexbear.net 8 months ago
A chunk of the article makes it sound like, in some cases, it was just a software change that bricked the ink cart.