misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoWhat’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?
What’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?
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