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The incentive is that they'd rather do it on their own, than be forced into doing it. Adding the fingerprinting dots on their own gives the manufacturers control over how the fingerprinting works, lets them do it in the most inexpensive way, and means they don't need to submit proof of the fingerprinting feature.



It also likely involves a behind the scenes tit for tat.

How many government provision contracts has Hewlett-Packard closed?




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