Open SSID for HP printers

[root]

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?

 

[Michael Black]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?

Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael

 

[Paul Drahn]

On 1/2/2014 4:51 PM, Michael Black wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael

True, but they can print pornographic pictures for your kids viewing
pleasure.

Paul

 

[Leif Neland]

Paul Drahn forklarede den 03-01-2014:

On 1/2/2014 4:51 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael

True, but they can print pornographic pictures for your kids viewing
pleasure.

Or, like a glazier hires a punk kid to break windows, an office supply
dealer can hire somebody to use all the toner and paper

Leif

--
Husk křrelys bagpĺ, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske
beslutning at undlade det.

 

[root]

Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael

I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

In my search for open sites I saw that some sites came
up as open and were HP printers. I don't know where they
are, they are just somewhere and open.

 

[Leif Neland]

root forklarede den 04-01-2014:

Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael


I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

I believe that's what the previous poster means.

They might be able to print on your printer, but they have to break
into your house to get the print.

But what they print could be X-rated, or they could just all your
toner/paper.

Perhaps it is possible to sneak malware to the printer, which could
send copies of the printed/scanned to a remote destination, or could
attack orher units on the local net.

I know of no such things however...

--
Husk křrelys bagpĺ, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske
beslutning at undlade det.

 

[mike]

On 1/4/2014 2:33 PM, Leif Neland wrote:

root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael


I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

I believe that's what the previous poster means.

They might be able to print on your printer, but they have to break into
your house to get the print.

But what they print could be X-rated, or they could just all your
toner/paper.

Perhaps it is possible to sneak malware to the printer, which could send
copies of the printed/scanned to a remote destination, or could attack
orher units on the local net.

I know of no such things however...

check the name on the mailbox...
Hi, jim sent me by to pick up the printouts...

 

[Fred McKenzie]

In article <la9s2t$pg3$1@news.albasani.net>, root <NoEMail@home.org>
wrote:

I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

In my search for open sites I saw that some sites came
up as open and were HP printers. I don't know where they
are, they are just somewhere and open.

Root-

Obviously someone could do that. Damage might be limited by how much
paper is in the printer, or how quickly the owner could react if nearby.

Many wireless printers come with their WiFi set up in ad-hoc mode. HP
also has their "Wi-Fi Direct" mode. You can connect directly to them
unless they have been paired with a WiFi router.

I think what you are seeing are wireless printers that are either
connected by a USB cable instead of WiFi, or are being used with iPhones
that have their internet connection through the phone company.

The owners may not be aware that the printer's WiFi is open! Anyone
that has such a printer should at least set the WiFi to require a
password.

Fred

 

[Chris Jones]

On 05/01/2014 09:33, Leif Neland wrote:

root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael


I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

I believe that's what the previous poster means.

They might be able to print on your printer, but they have to break into
your house to get the print.

But what they print could be X-rated, or they could just all your
toner/paper.

Perhaps it is possible to sneak malware to the printer, which could send
copies of the printed/scanned to a remote destination, or could attack
orher units on the local net.

I know of no such things however...

Yes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njVv7J2azY8

 

[N_Cook]

On 03/01/2014 03:54, Paul Drahn wrote:

On 1/2/2014 4:51 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael

True, but they can print pornographic pictures for your kids viewing
pleasure.

Paul

Just the sort of thing kids would get up to today. Find some pics on the
householder's fleecebook page etc and a bit of photoshopping with some
porn pics, then print out on their printer would be a whizzo prank to play.

 

[root]

Chris Jones <lugnut808@spam.yahoo.com> wrote:

On 05/01/2014 09:33, Leif Neland wrote:
root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, root wrote:

I went walking around my neighborhood scanning for open wifi
hotspots and found several HP printers. Does that mean
that someone could park outside the place and a long stream
of documents to the printer(s)?


Look on the bright side. They can't retrieve the printing unless they
break into your house.

Michael


I must not have made myself clear. I wonder whether a person
who has his printer setup as open could be victimized by
someone outside sending stuff to the open printer.

I believe that's what the previous poster means.

They might be able to print on your printer, but they have to break into
your house to get the print.

But what they print could be X-rated, or they could just all your
toner/paper.

Perhaps it is possible to sneak malware to the printer, which could send
copies of the printed/scanned to a remote destination, or could attack
orher units on the local net.

I know of no such things however...


Yes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njVv7J2azY8

This video is well worth watching. Thanks for the link.
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