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		mrj on Jan 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google has indexed thousands of publicly accessibl... 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.

pbhjpbhj on Jan 25, 2013 [–]

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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