Alphane MoonM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comAlphane MoonM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@wavebeam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoI have a pi-hole. And my asus router can probably close all outbound traffic. I also think USB printing is fine tbh. I don’t need AirPrint.
minus-squarezqpslinkfedilink1•2 months agoThen you should do exactly that before it has the opportunity to download an “improved” firmware. Maybe create a DHCP reservation and matching firewall rule before connecting it to the home network. Good luck!
I have a pi-hole. And my asus router can probably close all outbound traffic. I also think USB printing is fine tbh. I don’t need AirPrint.
Then you should do exactly that before it has the opportunity to download an “improved” firmware. Maybe create a DHCP reservation and matching firewall rule before connecting it to the home network. Good luck!