HP printers try to send data back to HP about your devices and what you print

guest · Sep 17, 2019

HP printer small print says kit phones home data on whatever you print – and then some
Security engineer actually reads privacy policy to his horror
September 17, 2019
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/17/hp_inc_printer_privacy_policy/

"After I had finished removing pieces of cardboard and blue tape from the various drawers of the machine, I noticed that the final step required the downloading of an app of some sort onto a phone or computer. This set off my crapware detector," he blogged.

Most unexpected of all, however, was the sheer volume of data slurped by one's home printer. Pointing to HP's own privacy policy (as archived here lest they change it in future), Heaton said that by agreeing to HP's "automatic data collection" settings, you allow the company to acquire:

"... product usage data such as pages printed, print mode, media used, ink or toner brand, file type printed (.pdf, .jpg, etc.), application used for printing (Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, etc.), file size, time stamp, and usage and status of other printer supplies...
... information about your computer, printer and/or device such as operating system, firmware, amount of memory, region, language [...] unique device identifiers, advertising identifiers and additional technical information that varies by product..."
HP has been asked to comment and we will update this article if we hear back from them.
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