It really doesn’t matter as most printer production is made in countries that want to sell to the US if not located there and I have yet to find a government who won’t use any excuse to add state espionage tools they can use and blame on others. The US initially said it was to stop counterfeit currency production, that and the constellation QR type thing that stops printers from replicating the item in question does that, but fingerprinting all printers not only identifies the machine and most likely who used it but also is a great way to force people to start cutting out news papers again if they want to be anonymous in their letters asking for ransoms.
Aren’t you thinking of US law?
Not sure if most countries do the same.
It really doesn’t matter as most printer production is made in countries that want to sell to the US if not located there and I have yet to find a government who won’t use any excuse to add state espionage tools they can use and blame on others. The US initially said it was to stop counterfeit currency production, that and the constellation QR type thing that stops printers from replicating the item in question does that, but fingerprinting all printers not only identifies the machine and most likely who used it but also is a great way to force people to start cutting out news papers again if they want to be anonymous in their letters asking for ransoms.