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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

always heard printers were the most insecure tech to have, but that was decades ago, we got all sorts of devices nowadays that could be worse

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Not really a concern for home use if it's not networked. If it is networked, make sure you at least have it behind your firewall, disable any remote access/remote printing features, and ideally update the firmware as well.

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