misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year 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-square244linkfedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.19Karrow-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-21 year agomessage-square244linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago10 years later Printers now include embedded cellular modems as backup for OTA firmware updates, ink subscriptions and telemetry.
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Printers now include embedded cellular modems as backup for OTA firmware updates, ink subscriptions and telemetry.
Printer Faraday cage.
Dude!