Dubhes, 4 months ago

@arstechnica havent used hp products in ages due to their stupid shenanigans like this.

europlus, 4 months ago

@arstechnica @thatKomputerKat fuckers.

eyrea, 4 months ago

@arstechnica And that's just one of the reasons why my long-term solution has been to get rid of my printer and print at copy places instead.

runningcapybara, 4 months ago

@arstechnica Subscription ❌
Continuous bleeding ✔️

nazokiyoubinbou, 4 months ago

@arstechnica Yeah, because ink cartridges install software onto printers, so this makes perfect sense.

That or they're so full of it they can't even lie well.

emaste, 4 months ago

@arstechnica @gsuberland's comment was about SPD EEPROMs on memory modules, not in printer cartridges as the article suggests -- it's a comparably small amount of memory. The point is that they have the background to comment on the plausibility of such an attack.

gsuberland, 4 months ago

@emaste @arstechnica yeah out of the comments I made that is a weird one to pick for the article

zachnfine, 4 months ago

@arstechnica one would think HP would be more concerned about people using (horrors!) third-party usb flash drives in HP-branded printers and computers. A nefarious supervillain can fit a lot more malware on one of those than on a printer cartridge lockout chip.

jernej__s, 4 months ago

@arstechnica I've seen HP sell ink tank printers here – how does that fit in? (not that I'll ever buy or recommend a HP printer to anybody)

gamingonlinux, 4 months ago

@arstechnica they can get fucked

freevolt24, 4 months ago

@arstechnica HP CEO trying his best to expand the already ruined reputation in their printer department to the entire HP.

ocramius, 4 months ago

@arstechnica did HP replace their CEO with a gullible LLM? No? Are they really such liars?

Hunterrules0_o, 4 months ago

@arstechnica

What the heck is a printer virus suppose to do, waste all my ink. HP already does that by faking the amount of ink inside of it.

kevinrns, 4 months ago

@Hunterrules0_o @arstechnica

Printers keep a copy of what you printed forever. A printer virus could, for example, send everything a finance dept printed. I'm sure anyone can think of things printed that should not be stolen.

Printers and print systems store it all.

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-find-out-what-was-printed-on-your-printer

NosirrahSec, 4 months ago

@kevinrns @Hunterrules0_o @arstechnica this has absolutely nothing to do with "viruses in the printer ink cartridge" which is not a thing.

This is HP using pathetic levels of fear mongering to excuse their practice of putting DRM on printer ink cartridges to force you to spend exorbitant amounts on pennies worth of ink.

bananabob, 4 months ago

@NosirrahSec @kevinrns @Hunterrules0_o @arstechnica I hereby announce to HP and everyone else that I shall never purchase anything with HP on the box. GFY!

animalspirits, 4 months ago

@arstechnica Time to by stock in Brother. Their sales are about to go up