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Canon warns printer users to manually wipe Wi-Fi settings before discarding | If you thought a factory reset wipes Wi-Fi passwords, you'd be wrong. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] PixelTron 4 points 1 year ago

There’s so much to wipe on a printer, who could have ever thought to QA the factory reset process & check one of the only secure fields it saves might need wiping! Think of the pennies saved /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't they just change the firmware so it does wipe the data?

[–] Cabrio 2 points 1 year ago

No, that would require them doing something.