ePrint (was Re: HP OfficeJet 6500A plus)

[Fairlight]

>From inside the gravity well of a singularity, Bill Campbell shouted:
> This sounds like a very Bad Idea(tm) to me.
> 
> I can't imagine sending critical print jobs through somebody
> else's server where it's not under my control.  Perhaps if there
> were a way to send the print job properly encrypted, and have the
> printer decrypt, but otherwise forget it.  The same could also be
> said for sending anything sensitive via e-mail unencrypted :-).

I 110% concur.  Yet another erosion of privacy that only fools would
tolerate, and indeed subsidise by actively paying to be screwed.

Additionally, how boned are you if HP's servers are unreachable, either
through downtime on their end, or because a gateway fell over somewhere
between you and them?  "Oh well, I didn't -really- want to print right now.
That presentation for the annual conference that starts in 30min and which
required people to fly in from all over the world...that can wait a bit.
No problem."

Right.

mark->
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