@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 14 days agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1845arrow-down14cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1841arrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.com@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 14 days agomessage-square125fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-square@skankhunt42@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish48•14 days 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)linkfedilinkEnglish4•14 days 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.
Dude!