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submitted 4 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::"Never own a printer again."

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 136 points 4 months ago

But HP enforces an Internet connection by having its TOS also state that HP may disrupt the service—and continue to charge you for it—if your printer's not online.

HP says it enforces a constant connection so that the company can monitor things that make sense for the subscription, like ink cartridge statuses, page count, and "to prevent unauthorized use of Your account." However, HP will also remotely monitor the type of documents (for example, a PDF or JPEG) printed, the devices and software used to initiate the print job, "peripheral devices," and any other "metrics" that HP thinks are related to the subscription and decides to add to its remote monitoring.

The All-In-Plan privacy policy also says that HP may “transfer information about you to advertising partners” so that they can "recognize your devices," perform targeted advertising, and, potentially, "combine information about you with information from other companies in data sharing cooperatives" that HP participates in. The policy says that users can opt out of sharing personal data.

The All-In-Plan TOS reads:

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to HP a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, copy, store, transmit, modify, create derivative works of and display Your non-personal data for its business purposes.

My god, it's so bad

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 80 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Calling it now.

HP Partners will be able to print ads to your printer using your paper, and ink at random hours of the day, all day, everyday.

"We've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty"

[-] doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 months ago

Remote Monitoring. Reads more like something a malware would do.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Holy shit, that’s like a step away from adding in refusal to print things that are potentially copyrighted or otherwise unacceptable

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