On: HP disables customers’ printers if they use ink cartridges from cheaper rivals

[kevviiinn]

Are non-HP cartridges a vector for hacking? If not then what does that have to do with security?

[emodendroket → kevviiinn]

Honestly I wouldn’t be shocked but I don’t think cheap inkjet printers are a high enough value target that you’d see that in the wild a lot.