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I'm confused as to why we're talking about printers since this article is only about hacking this specific brand of bluetooth speaker and using it to perform commands on a PC. If you have a different speaker then it's fine. Plus, if your printer doesn't have bluetooth then it won't get hacked by this exploit anyway.

[-] argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

@Imaginary_Stand4909

Not by this vulnerability, true, but I'm sure every printer's Wi-Fi implementation has its share of vulnerabilities, and I normally connect printers by USB.

If printers can be remotely controlled through Wi-Fi vulnerabilities, can they not be used to mount BadUSB attacks as well?

[-] starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

you could turn off wifi in your printers settings tho. or just turn the printer on when you actually print something

[-] argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

@starchylemming

Yeah, that's what I do. Hopefully it's enough, and the Wi-Fi isn't secretly always listening.

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