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Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-squareNutWrenchlinkfedilinkEnglish6•16 days agoI’m only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.
minus-square@harsh3466@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•16 days agoCareful with that you though. I thought the same thing but someone pointed out in another thread that depending on your system, it may update the firmware over USB when you do system updates.
minus-square@dukatos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•15 days agoRPi as a printer server, with the printer connected to its USB port. Use FreeBSD on RPi just to make sure…
I’m only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.
Careful with that you though. I thought the same thing but someone pointed out in another thread that depending on your system, it may update the firmware over USB when you do system updates.
RPi as a printer server, with the printer connected to its USB port. Use FreeBSD on RPi just to make sure…