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Re:Google has indexed thousands of publicly accessible HP pr... by ihsw on Friday January 25, 2013 @01:01PM (#5116718)
That's a very bad idea, you should call your lawyer/a law firm to prepare for the impending deluge of threatening letters and lawsuits filed against you.
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Re:Google has indexed thousands of publicly accessible HP pr... by mrj on Friday January 25, 2013 @01:27PM (#5116846)
I only pointed out that there is more danger for people with publicly available printers than just getting random junk printed.

You are jumping to conclusions.

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Re:Google has indexed thousands of publicly accessible HP pr... by pbhjpbhj on Friday January 25, 2013 @05:41PM (#5118140)
These sorts of interfaces are often connected to fileshares, so there's probably a route in there for a cracker. Also it may be possible to upload firmware - either corrupted firmware that bricks the printer or firmware that sends copies of all printed docs to a file store.
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