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)?

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

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


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 forklarede den 04-01-2014:
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


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...

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beslutning at undlade det.

On 1/4/2014 2:33 PM, Leif Neland wrote:
root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
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


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...

In article , root
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

On 05/01/2014 09:33, Leif Neland wrote:
root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
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


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

Chris Jones wrote:
On 05/01/2014 09:33, Leif Neland wrote:
root forklarede den 04-01-2014:
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


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.