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This seems wrong for several reasons: * Collecting all sorts of telemetry has never been done for altruistic reasons by large tech companies. * The value of a

This seems wrong for several reasons: * Collecting all sorts of telemetry has never been done for altruistic reasons by large tech companies. * The value of an HP over an Apple is that the HP are supposed to be upgradable, so will HP start monitoring all the replaced parts of machines, too? * HP has a multi-decade history of not being able to maintain a single URL for long term. I bet the only URL that hasn't changed from the '90s is "http://www.hp.com/ http://www.hp.com/". We're suppoed to believe that HP will maintain a customer facing system for more than a couple of machine lifecycles? This is just an attempt to exfiltrate all sorts of data.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago
> HP has a multi-decade history of not being able to maintain a single URL for long term. That reminds me of the HP BIOS Setup page: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/how-to-enter-bios-setup-windows-pcs https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/how-to-enter-bios-s... > There are two primary methods to access BIOS ... > Method 1 involves restarting your computer and pressing a specific key during the boot process. This key varies by manufacturer but is typically one of the following: F1, F2, F10, DEL, or ESC. It doesn't say what the key is for HP! On an hp.com article, with "HP" in the title, with "HP" in the header just before this section!
gjm11 1y ago
It doesn't look like any exfiltration is happening? Although they use the word "telemetry", unless I'm misunderstanding the information is just stored locally on the device. (Disclaimer: I am an HP employee, but I don't work on laptops and I think this is the first I have heard of "HPFax". Neither now nor at any other time on HN am I speaking for my employer rather than myself.)