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Are Your Peripherals Monitoring You?

Posted by timothy on from the linux-never-gets-the-cool-software dept.

An anonymous reader writes " Engadget is reporting that 'Lexmark, makers of printers and scanners, has been caught monitoring users' printer, scanning, and ink cartridge usage.'" Newsgroup comp.periphs.printers readers noticed the software; the Engadget report says that "Lexmark say they're just tracking printer and cartridge usage, but the registration information and packets being sent say otherwise."

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  1. Re:Not clear? by zumbojo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amen brother. If I only had mod points...

  2. Re:Slashdot are evil port scanners by AndroidCat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They're looking for trolls using proxies. They only test for your first post with a new dynamic IP address. I have a nice ST:TNG theme of sound effects when they hit those ports in a row.

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  3. Are Your Peripherals Monitoring You? by alexo · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Only in Soviet Russia.

  4. Re:Not clear? by castanaveras · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Preach it. I just wish I'd seen this while I still had mod points.