misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1632arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareskankhunt42linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·10 hours agoNice, Brother was the last one standing in my mind. I’m glad I have an IoT vlan without internet access. Nothing is allowed to phone home here.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours ago10 years later Printers now include embedded cellular modems as backup for OTA firmware updates, ink subscriptions and telemetry.
Nice, Brother was the last one standing in my mind.
I’m glad I have an IoT vlan without internet access. Nothing is allowed to phone home here.
10 years later
Printers now include embedded cellular modems as backup for OTA firmware updates, ink subscriptions and telemetry.