http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/ Engadget Comments for Are Lexmark's printers spying on you? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
Anyways, I think that's shitty of them, with all the spyware and intrusion on our PCs. Did they have any user agreement letting users know that this information is being sent? If they denied it first, then admitted to wrongdoing, I assume they didn't let users know. Isn't that being concidered illegal (for spammers, malwarers) to install something on a user's computer without their knowledge?

I won't buy from Lexmark, bad seed.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
Don't laugh, it's the only way I can get a decent image of my Stinker's Ridge.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
I'm glad I came back to HP. . .]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
There may be a more recent survey, but in the Top Ten Computer Peripheral Warranty Providers, Lexmark is #1 with 11% accruals as percent of product saes. Next closest is InFocus Corp at 3.5%. There is a 2%, and bunches of 1.n% and 0.n%.

Actually, that number is the highest for all IT categories on the page. OUCH. That does make it sound like they have a quality issue.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
There may be a more recent survey, but in the Top Ten Computer Peripheral Warranty Providers, Lexmark is #1 with 11% accruals as percent of product saes. Next closest is InFocus Corp at 3.5%. There is a 2%, and bunches of 1.n% and 0.n%.

Actually, that number is the highest for all IT categories on the page. OUCH. That does make it sound like they have a quality issue.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
That's like going to buy your next gadget at some store and you are automatically signed up for that pesky 'extended insurance' unless you explicitly say you don't want it.


Steven

Rob Pemberton says:

> You are given a chance to opt-out while
> installing the printer driver. If you just
> click through everything without reading the
> prompts then I guess you may be surprised and
> go whining in a newsgroup about it. Watch what
> the hell you are doing or you will end up with
> something far worse than this.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/
But it's not just printers. The situation with PC games is even worse. The supposed "anti-cheating" software PunkBuster, used by an increasing number of online games, requires players to agree to license terms that basically give the company the right to read any file on the their computer. It's a thinly-veiled copy-protection measure, and there's no opt-out; if you want to play on the majority of servers, you gotta let PB spy on you. (The hot new Half-Life 2 seems to go even further, but I haven't got detailed info as yet.)

Expect to see this trend continue, unless we start getting REALLY militant about what we're willing to have loaded on our computers.

......... fungo.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Looks like not much has changed at Lexmark in 10 years.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/I was thinking about looking for something better anyway and reading this page has made up my mind! The Lexmark must go!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/does anybody know how Lexmark stop your printer cartridge working even when there is ink in it & the nozzles aren't blocked - & how i can get round it?
my feeling is it's related to this thread.
(i've refilled it & unblocked it, & taken it out several times - only the black cart., but both stopped working completely. the colour one worked again when i told the printer it was "new", but then stopped again)
been on to their tech. "help" who told me to buy a new cartridge
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FOr example http://www.2-spyware.com describes clearly most know spywares severity scale.

So even if lexmark is SPYING on you, its just because they want to provide better service and better software for you.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/12/are-lexmarks-printers-spying-on-you/Dec 19th 2005 2:10AM