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HP and Yahoo To Spam Your Printer

Posted by samzenpus on from the this-expense-report-brought-to-you-by... dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As many suspected when HP announced its web-connected printer, it didn't take long for the company to announce it will send 'targeted' advertisements to your new printer. So you'll get spammed, and you'll pay for the ink to print it. On the bright side, the FCC forbids unsolicited fax ads, so this will probably get HP on a collision course with the Feds."

4 of 397 comments (clear)

  1. Pull out the paper / power? by mongoose(!no) · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what's to stop me from pulling out the power or leaving it paper/inkless when I'm not using it?

  2. Re:No HP For Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but if I had the money for ten printers

    You don't have $700 bucks? Maybe you could go upstairs and ask your mom if she'll put it on her credit card.
    http://www.amazon.com/Photosmart-C4780-Printer-Q8380A-ABA/dp/B0027ISA2S/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1276749250&sr=1-1

    But by all means, keep posting your deep economic insights to Slashdot.

  3. Re:The first planned spam... by phyrexianshaw.ca · · Score: -1, Troll

    No. no one NEEDS to print anything.

    there is not a single thing that REQUIRES paper in todays age.

    you may not LIKE a laptop for recipe's, but it's an option. there's NO application form that cannot be completed electronically (with the rare exception of a few butthurt universities, however those are your CHOICE to attend.) and photos can be easily displayed in a digital photo frame.

    I back up the original idea: No one NEEDS to print anything.

  4. Re:Firewall it by crenshawsgc · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please stop posting, your post sucks.