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The thread discusses how to set up a wireless printer on a Windows laptop, with initial advice pointing to using the printer wizard in Control Panel. The original poster shares their experience of successfully configuring the printer despite difficulties, and later contributors debate the security risks of using wireless printers, with some arguing that proper security measures mitigate potential threats and others expressing caution about wireless vulnerabilities. Overall, the conversation balances practical setup guidance with considerations of wireless security concerns.
The thread discusses how to set up a wireless printer on a Windows laptop, with initial advice pointing to using the printer wizard in Control Panel. The original poster shares their experience of successfully configuring the printer despite difficulties, and later contributors debate the security risks of using wireless printers, with some arguing that proper security measures mitigate potential threats and others expressing caution about wireless vulnerabilities. Overall, the conversation balances practical setup guidance with considerations of wireless security concerns.
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I always use a usb cable to connect printer to your computer. I dont use Wi-Fi enabled printers for the following reasons:
Attackers could send bizarre print jobs to it, use the printer to transmit faxes, change its LCD readout, change its settings, launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to lock it up, or retrieve saved copies of documents. They might even install malware on the printer itself to control it remotely or to gain access to it.
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Attackers could send bizarre print jobs to it, use the printer to transmit faxes, change its LCD readout, change its settings, launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to lock it up, or retrieve saved copies of documents. They might even install malware on the printer itself to control it remotely or to gain access to it.
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That is true not only of printer connections but of all wifi based functions but what is also true, is that with proper effeective security measures in place the printer connection is no greater a security risk than any other wifi based functions. Such concerns are at the root of unjustified fears propounded by conspiracy theorists.
