@dangoodin so yeah, I call bullshit on this guy's claim. he has profit motive and I think he's a liar.

I've seen and done some truly wacky hardware stuff in my life, including hiding data in SPD EEPROMs on memory DIMMs (and replacing them with microcontrollers for similar shenanigans), so believe me when I say that his claim is wildly implausible even in a lab setting, let alone in the wild, and let alone at any scale that impacts businesses or individuals rather than selected political actors.

@dangoodin I should also point out that the EEPROMs they embed in the plastic for DRM purposes are a large part of why almost all printer ink cartridges end up in landfill rather than plastic recycling.

they also know that "eco" models of printers that use refillable liquid ink hoppers rather than cartridges don't allow them to artificially lock consumers into their ecosystem, because you can buy the ink from whoever you like, so it benefits them greatly to spread FUD about third parties.

@jaseg oh the fucking SPONGES

I forgot about them

@gsuberland That's how they get you! Evil fuckers.