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Microsoft to Drop Support for Third-Party Printer Drivers on Windows (petri.com)

submitted 9 months ago by NotBadAndYou@ttrpg.network to c/technology@beehaw.org

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“With the release of Windows 10 21H2, Windows offers inbox support for Mopria compliant printer devices over network and USB interfaces via the Microsoft IPP Class Driver. This removes the need for print device manufacturers to provide their own installers, drivers, utilities, and so on.  Device experience customization is now available via the Print Support Apps that are distributed and automatically installed via the Windows Store,” the company wrote.

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[-] Sina@beehaw.org 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I use an Asus Gladius 2 wireless mouse. On Windows upon plugging it in for the first time WU installed most of Armory Crate and called it a "driver" and of course it immediately wanted to connect to the Internet.. So yes, I'm skeptical.

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Jeez, my Razer mouse only launches the installer for their crap, it doesn't automatically do the installation.

[-] flak@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah and there was a whole privilege escalation exploit because of that, get system level access whenever you plug in a Razer peripheral because you could open a powershell window from the "Choose where to install" prompt.

I'm honestly surprised that made it past as many layers of checks as it did.

[-] ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

Shout out to logitech, the G502 Hero wireless I'm using doesn't install or start anything on it's own. What a low fucking bar to look at.

[-] mudeth@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

So did my Asus motherboard. It didn't install armoury crate, but it pop up as a suggestion. Maybe op just clicked through absent-mindedly?

[-] Sina@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

No such thing, did not click anything. I only noticed because of the firewall popup & then I started to investigate what is going on really. Luckily on Linux there is no crap like this..