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Re:Brother Printers Sending Ink Data to Amazon? by atrettel on Monday October 09, 2023 @09:36PM (#37827629)
I connect my printer via USB for this exact reason. Connecting it to Wifi is convenient but just poses too many potential attack vectors. I agree that ink levels are not sensitive information, but a lot of things that you print (or scan if your printer has a scanner too) is sensitive. Given that so many printers are inadvertently accessible on the Internet [1], I'd rather just connect my printer via USB and avoid that issue entirely.

[1] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/31/

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Re:Brother Printers Sending Ink Data to Amazon? by Ajay-p on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:13AM (#37843929)
Our home is quite small and so we had to put the printer in another room, hence wifi. I will rethink placement because cable is indeed much better.
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