Urgent security fixes are gonna go unpatched
I don’t understand why a printer would ever need an “urgent security fix”.
noxypaws@pawb.social 5 days ago
These motherfuckers are actively making tech as a whole less secure by destroying any trust the public may have had in firmware updates.
Urgent security fixes are gonna go unpatched on a lot of shit because consumers are seeing more and more firmware or software updates actively making things WORSE.
btaf45@lemmy.world 5 days ago
ookiiBoy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
… Because products can contain security exploits, and if not patched could leave homes and businesses vulnerable.
This shouldn’t need to be explained, but here we are.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The fun part is the security exploits often come from things like smart ink cartridges that allows an attack to come from the goddamn cartridge!
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Oh hey I can think of a solution to improve security here!
daddy32@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Depends on whether you absolutely need your printers connected to the internet or not.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Printer manufacturers: Of course your printers need to be connected to the Internet… For… Reasons…
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Any networked device can be used to gain access to the rest of the network (kind of).
SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Definitely true. I’ve been putting off an upgrade of my NAS because they have randomly decided to completely remove the video streaming software that came with it when I bought it. So infuriating.
prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Tell me you are using synology without telling me you are using synology
ookiiBoy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
That sucks.