HP CEO says they brick printers that use third-party ink because of 'hackers'.

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Third-party ink cartridges brick HP printers after 'anti-virus' update
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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...

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Inb4 capture HP's kill code with Wireshark and forward it to every printer on shodan

That would be so cool if someone actually did that. Because at that point there would be a ton of people with a decision to make...do I go to HP and get screwed or do I go elsewhere?