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Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t the concern that if you infect a printer locally, you can use that to “pivot” to another device on that network that IS connected to the internet?

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I see your point, I hadn't thought about it this way. I think what you're suggesting is this:

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           |          rest of LAN <-/

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I don’t really understand your snippet. But yeah i think the issue with IoT devices having connection to any other network device at all is that if they have a security hole that can be exploited through a malicious USB drive or BT or any other compromised device it can connect to, that it can act maliciously in a number of ways. The only true security for devices that can’t get patched is a complete air gap for any connected devices.