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

• comfydecal@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    $5 USB fob for printing

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