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Is this not literally a federal crime? It sounds like HP installed a backdoor on its printers to download malware that disables the printer. If it's not a crim
by cooljoseph 3y ago
Is this not literally a federal crime? It sounds like HP installed a backdoor on its printers to download malware that disables the printer.
If it's not a crime, I think it should become one, and I don't think a terms & conditions document should be able to protect against it (in the same way you can't, e.g., enforce a contract with illegal clauses).
- bzzzt 3y agoThey already f*cked this up big time: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/hp-rushes-to-fix-bricked-printers-after-faulty-firmware-update/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/hp-rushes-t... I've still got an old HP and disabling the internet connection on my router was the first thing I did when it worked.