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

  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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    14 hours ago

    supply chain

    ok what if they just installed a 4G transmitter. Would be way less work and a higher success rate for retrieving anything

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      And easy to catch in an environment so secure that airgapping is necessary and supply chain infiltration is worthwhile