[jim]

See Electronic Frontier Foundation
Letter To Hp Demanding Immediate Apology
Click on this link or Any Photo's Below To Read All About It.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/what-hp-must-do-make-amends-its-self-destructing-printers

For all these reasons, we call on HP to take the following five steps, immediately:
1)Apologize to your customers, and restore the original functionality of their printers with a firmware update that rolls back the self-destruct sequence;

2)Publicly commit that you will never again use your software update process to distribute anti-features that work against your customers' interests;

3)Publicly commit that the effects of any software updates will be fully disclosed;

4)Prominently disclose any capability or plan to remove features from devices in your sales literature, so customers know what they're getting before they buy;

5)Promise to never invoke Section 1201 of the DMCA against security researchers or competitors who make legitimate aftermarket products.

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September 27, 2016 at 11:51 AM