The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers::The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    HP is doing what now?

    Sounds to me like HP themselves are the hackers, exceeding authorized access in order to destroy people’s property. Prosecute HP!

    • wikibot@lemmy.worldBEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

      The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) is a United States cybersecurity bill that was enacted in 1986 as an amendment to existing computer fraud law (18 U. S. C. § 1030), which had been included in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. Prior to computer-specific criminal laws, computer crimes were prosecuted as mail and wire fraud, but the applying law was often insufficient.

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