Epson Updates for non-use of third-party inks

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) accuses Epson, in a letter sent to the Texas Attorney General's office, that the company for its inkjet printers, which made it impossible to use third-party inks.

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In addition, EFF in his statement on his website revealed that the misleading update of Epson has discovered a user from Texas. Based on this testimony sent a letter to the Attorney General's office in Texas asking the consumer protection department to carefully look at the incineration case by third parties.

It is known to everyone who has an inkjet printer, that the originals κάθε επώνυμης εταιρείας που κατασκευάζει εκτυπωτές έρχονται σε πολύ ακριβές τιμές. Το αποτέλεσμα αυτών των τιμώ είναι να υπάρχουν τρίτες εταιρείες που διαθέτουν μελάνια σε πολύ χαμηλή τιμή τα οποία μπορούν να τοποθετηθούν και να λειτουργήσουν στους επώνυμους εκτυπωτές. Εκτός αυτών υπάρχουν εταιρείες που μπορούν σε μία δελεαστική τιμή να σας γεμίσουν τα κενά φυσίγγια με το κατάλληλο μελάνι. Όλη αυτή η εξέλιξη στην διακίνηση μελανιών των inkjet εκτυπωτών επέφερε μείωση κέρδους στις κατασκευάστριες εταιρείες των εκτυπωτών λόγω της μείωσης των πωλήσεων των γνήσιων μελανιών. Οι κατασκευάστριες εταιρείες όμως είναι υπεύθυνες και για την ασφάλεια του προϊόντος που εμπορεύονται και έτσι αν βρουν κάποια “τρύπα” στο λογισμικό οφείλουν με την επιδιορθώσουν με την σχετική ενημέρωση.

The foundation notes that Epson inkjet printer updates did not indicate that they restricted the use of third-party ink makers, leading to serious cyber-security issues because it has the potential to convince Epson customers that software upgrades are something to be avoided.

Printers are one of the most vulnerable components in a corporate network, since in many cases security researchers have found that such devices can be used as entry points during corporate network attacks. If the report that Epson is turning off printer support for third-party inks this could prevent users from upgrading and therefore could signal the start of a very dangerous trend of not adequately protected.

There are many documented cases where attackers managed to penetrate printers, with the February 2017 hacker Stackoverflowin managed to check over 150.000 printers.

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