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WEB-CONNECTED PRINTER
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ANY DEVICE THAT CAN connect to the internet needs to be kept secure. This is as true for printers as it is for laptops, phones, and tablets. Printers are increasingly becoming fully-featured online devices that download their own updates automatically, report how much ink you’re using, and if you have signed up for a subscription or membership scheme, order new cartridges just before your current ones run out.
All of this makes life easier for you, but it also means you must add your printer to the list of devices you need to consider when assessing the security of your network. Fortunately, bigname printer manufacturers have a vested interest in keeping them safe. They don’t want to risk the reputational damage of being associated with a widespread security breach and they wouldn’t want to risk losing customers and the ink sales that go with them.
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