Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company

AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s what we did.

  For the few pages we need to print, I can use the machine at the library for $0.10/page.

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  • comfydecal@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Seriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?

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      • comfydecal@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, with the Vault 7 releases and recent leaks showing NSA follows homeless people’s connections (who tend to hang out at libraries due to a lack of 3rd spaces), I don’t doubt there’s specific tracking, malware and other unwanted software at libraries. I don’t have any sources of this, but it wouldn’t surprise me

        Maybe I’m overly parandoid because ::gestures at everything::

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    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.

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    • alcoholic_chipmunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I kind of doubt it. Local libraries have a hard time staying open due to funding.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And they have a hard time caring about your data because they can’t do anything with it anyway.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      $5 USB fob for printing

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We have a laser printer (Brother), and if it dies, I plan to just go to the local library.

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