Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@mvilain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mvilain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p>The only reason I still have my DeskJet 6122 hooked up is because that <em>lil shit</em> refuses to die!</p><ul><li><p>Like its glycol ink refuses to clog and it's easy to refill and reset the cartridges...</p></li><li><p>Otherwise I would've already replaced it with a WorkCentre multifunction laser...</p></li></ul><p>Worse are their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProBook</span></a> line of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a>: They literally <em>"Soft-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VendorLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VendorLock</span></a>"</em> their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HP</span></a>-branded sticks, bricking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PXE</span></a>-boot and requiring people to manually press F1 on the device keyboard <em>EVERY SINGLE BOOTUP / REBOOT</em> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> messages.</p><ul><li>Unlike with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWAN</span></a> chips where one can <em>figleaf argue</em> that those <em>need</em> allow-listing for <em>"spectrum regulatory compliance"</em>, this doesn't apply to RAM!</li></ul><p>On the flipside I use a bunch of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fanless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanless</span></a> hp <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a>|s as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MiniServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiniServers</span></a>, but that's because in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> is absurdly expensive and for just doing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backups</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MediaSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaSharing</span></a> doesn't draw much power...</p>