They use the small flash inside the DRM chip in the cartridge to store the telemetry, then the e-waste companies are paid by HP to read and send to the mothership the contents of the chips sent to recycle

  • CottonMcKnight@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    12 hours ago

    Oh are you a fellow printer hater? Glad to meet you! I’ve been hating them since the 80s/90s when I, as a child, was rather frustrated with a working printer deciding to not work on my first few personal PCs. I’m just relieved now when my current printer wakes up and does what I ask of it…