They use the small flash inside the DRM chip in the cartridge to store the telemetry, then the e-waste companies are paid by HP to read and send to the mothership the contents of the chips sent to recycle

  • FosterMolasses@leminal.space
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    That’s crazy lmao

    Treating hardware, physical objects in your own home, like tracks that can be removed from access on Spotify at anytime. Creepy.

    Imagine if one day someone just remote-locks your LG smartfridge because it’s been decided you’ve had enough calories for today. Black Mirror can’t even follow this shit rofl