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We need custom ROMs for printers. Like we have OpenWRT for routers.

• userbinator 10y ago
  One thing I've wondered about is why there seem to be various "hacking scenes" for other electronics like routers, game consoles, mobiles, and now even some 3D printers, but seemingly nothing for regular 2D printers; despite the fact that the hardware costs are extremely low. Given all the anti-user security those other devices have yet are bypassed by such skilled hackers, a printer may be absolutely trivial in comparison. Perhaps people are just not so interested in printers, or the thought of getting ink and paper everywhere puts them off?
  • rdiddly 10y ago
    It's probably because there's no single printer model that seems worth the effort. The printer landscape is basically hundreds of shitty cheap models. New ones all the time. A moving target. The more I think about it, it's probably intentional.