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HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of 'hackers'. (9to5mac.com)

submitted 5 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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...

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It sounds stupid, and they knew it would...

They announced a "bug bounty" and paid the first person to prove it could hypothetically happen

They wanted a reason to ban 3rd party printers, came up with a reason that may work, and then outsourced it to a hacker to actually prove it can be done

It's 100% an asshole move, but it's smart and calculated too.

This isn't to convince consumers, it's to argue in court that some form of reason exists.

And this is the reason they picked, it's not like they could pick a valid one, because no valid one exists

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

I can't wait till someone produces a hack and widely distributes it, fucking every HP printer it touches.

Should be one helluva lawsuit then.