Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·21 hours agoAlways disconnect any IoT devices you buy from the internet. Anything from cameras to switches to TVs to washing machines can and will be downgraded or killed at some point if you allow vendors to push updates without your consent.
Always disconnect any IoT devices you buy from the internet. Anything from cameras to switches to TVs to washing machines can and will be downgraded or killed at some point if you allow vendors to push updates without your consent.