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I only pointed out that there is more danger for people with publicly available printers than just getting random junk printed.

You are jumping to conclusions.




These sorts of interfaces are often connected to fileshares, so there's probably a route in there for a cracker. Also it may be possible to upload firmware - either corrupted firmware that bricks the printer or firmware that sends copies of all printed docs to a file store.




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