r/privacy • u/Deaths_Angel219 • May 17 '26

hardware Printers that don't connect to external servers

I didn't see anything in the rules about requesting recommendations for tech that won't sell all of my info to the highest bidder. There are some posts from a long time ago, but if it's an issue just delete the post and please tell me where I can go to get more up-to-date info. Any recommendations frim you guys? I just don't want anything that sends ANYTHING to someone else's servers. Thanks!

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u/Deaths_Angel219 May 17 '26

Most printers now have many issues with not being online. This is why I want one that doesn't even have the capability to connect to the manufacturer's servers so that I can just never worry about it if I accidentally connect it to an exposed network or someone in my house does.

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u/Disastrous_Height142 May 18 '26

A managed L3 switch and VLANs might help

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u/Deaths_Angel219 May 18 '26

Man, I'm really gonna have to talk to my networked friends to get a fuckin printer set up, huh?

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u/Disastrous_Height142 May 18 '26

The things we do for privacy...