Third-party ink cartridges brick HP printers after 'anti-virus' update
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HP is pushing over-the-air firmware updates to its printers, bricking them if they are using third-party ink cartridges. But don’t...

HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of ‘hackers’.::HP is pushing over-the-air firmware updates to its printers, bricking them if they are using third-party ink cartridges. But don’t…

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    Cue a queue of cute malware that actually does seek out HP printers just to trick them into self-destructing. Good job HP. Your printers are now targets for malware that doesn’t exist without your help.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      11 months ago

      You can queue (stand in line), you can cue (signal or cause to start). Not complete definitions. They sound the same and there are cases where you could use either in an otherwise-identical sentence for a valid but different meaning.