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Howard in reply to @Hefty

I had my emails got to by someone exploiting an insecure printer on our network

What the fuck

held my password so the printer could email scans

Oh.

Am I paranoid in not wanting a robot hoover or anything like it on my home Wi-Fi now?

Not really, the fewer stupid wifi things the better. Especially cheap knockoffs.

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Hefty in reply to @Howard

Oh

Yeah. I don’t really understand what happened but I guess the printer installer must have left the factory password on it and made it accessible remotely. Or something.

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rhowe in reply to @Hefty

Printers are just old computers which never get patched running protocols from the 1990s. It is unlikely your password was even stored encrypted on the damn thing.

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