Let's hope the Feds do complain about this practice if it should be
implemented!
Scott Granneman wrote:
>From Slashdot:
"As many suspected when HP announced its web-connected printer, it
didn't take long for the company to announce it will send 'targeted'
advertisements to your new printer. So you'll get spammed, and you'll
pay for the ink to print it. On the bright side, the FCC forbids
unsolicited fax ads, so this will probably get HP on a collision
course with the Feds."
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/16/2257223/HP-and-Yahoo-To-Spam-Your-Printer
Ugh.
Scott
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