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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."

8 of 393 comments (clear)

  1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What has slashdot come to when you have to apologize for cracking a joke?

  2. Re:Not clear? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lexmark corholing? Not possible! I am conrholio! I want TP for my windows!! But seriously, you are right. Windows and all the acoutrements that the average tom dick and harry have lying around continously probe their busy little noses into everything you do. plop a penguin in you windie network, raise the eth0 and scan away... learn how to filter though because there is too much flipping by..

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "What has slashdot come to when you have to apologize for cracking a joke?"

    Boring and repetetive?

    Sorry, I couldn't resist.

    No, really, I'm sorry.*



    * Read: mod this funny, you heartless bastards.

  4. IN Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You Monitoring Your Peripherals.

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

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

  6. 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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    One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
  7. Are Your Peripherals Monitoring You? by alexo · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Only in Soviet Russia.

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

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