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images/news/hardware.jpgAn article at News.com caught my eye today. It wasn’t so much the subject itself, rather the implication. The title of the story is “Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?” The gist of the article is using cryptography tech to make it more difficult for printers to use cheaper ink from “unauthorized sources”. What got my goat was the way they said it:
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ryptography Research Inc. (CRI), a San Francisco company, is developing chip technology aimed at helping printer manufacturers protect this primary source of profit. The company’s chips use cryptography designed to make it harder for printers to use off-brand and counterfeit cartridges.
“We’re not saying we can end piracy (emphasis mine), but our system is designed to recover from failure,” said Kit Rodgers, CRI’s vice president of business development. News.com
“We’re not saying we can end piracy (emphasis mine), but our system is designed to recover from failure,” said Kit Rodgers, CRI’s vice president of business development. News.com
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What a bunch of bull-lar-key! It won't stop hardly anything if you think about it. Island Inkjet is an example of a company that refills ink, so you could just reuse the cartridge until the heads went out (if there are heads on the cartridge). Pfft! :panic:
