Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing brought deeper attention today to a story that has been making news for a few weeks, including here, about HP printers being vulnerable to hackers.
The story was sensationalized – with the common takeaway being that hackers could gain control of your printers and turn them into fireballs. However, that is actually not possible, and further, it is missing the point; and the point is actually much more frightening. Here’s what Doctorow says on Boing Boing: (more…)
MSNBC issued a report warning of a flaw in HP’s printer firmware update procedures that could expose your company’s printers to hackers. The headline was clearly meant to scare: Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say.
Scared yet?
No?
Maybe this will get you startled… (more…)
Just when you thought maybe HP was getting their act together, they come along and do something so crazy, you wonder if it is for real.
In this case, they are now letting you print magazines on your home printer. What? Why would you want to do that? Apparently HP thinks you enjoy buying lots of their ink cartridges.
And this is apparently for real, HP has inked a deal with Condé Nast publishing that would automatically send copies of their magazines – such as Allure, Details, Epicurious, Glamour, Golf Digest, Self, and Wired – to your HP printer, for you to print out and enjoy.
Is it me, or do you read that previous sentence and anticipate seeing the word ‘iPad’ instead of ‘HP printer’?
Because that may be useful.
If however, I am missing something and this is exciting news to you, please note, my company sells ink. And binding machines.
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