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minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoAh, that’s fair on the old firmware bit, I hadn’t heard about that. I have a Brother laser printer, but it’s locked down on my network for phoning home.
minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI didn’t block a domain, I restricted the printer’s local IP from WAN access in my router’s firewall.
Ah, that’s fair on the old firmware bit, I hadn’t heard about that. I have a Brother laser printer, but it’s locked down on my network for phoning home.
What’s the domain you blocked?
I didn’t block a domain, I restricted the printer’s local IP from WAN access in my router’s firewall.