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Brother Says It Was Falsely Accused Of Bricking Printers That Use Cheaper Third-Party Ink Cartridges (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, that's fair on the old firmware bit, I hadn't heard about that. I have a Brother laser printer, but it's locked down on my network for phoning home.

[–] paraffine@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the domain you blocked?

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I didn't block a domain, I restricted the printer's MAC from WAN access in my router's firewall. I can still access it from any device on my network, but it just can't phone home or search for firmware updates.