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

  • FosterMolasses@leminal.space
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    1 day ago

    That’s crazy lmao

    Treating hardware, physical objects in your own home, like tracks that can be removed from access on Spotify at anytime. Creepy.

    Imagine if one day someone just remote-locks your LG smartfridge because it’s been decided you’ve had enough calories for today. Black Mirror can’t even follow this shit rofl