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Re:List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots by matthewmacleod on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @09:24AM (#14506176)
It's hard to imagine what law this would break.
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Re:List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots by 1001101 on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @10:28AM (#14506692)
By the same token, what is compelling them to do this? A sense of patriotic duty? The kindness of their hearts?

There's a lot of work that would go into designing, implementing, and testing this. Then you've got logistics in manufacturing. That's time and money.

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Re:List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots by gumby on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @11:20AM (#14507144)
> By the same token, what is compelling them to do this? A sense of patriotic duty?

The GSA Schedules: https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/197989

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Re:List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots by schoen on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @01:48PM (#14508379)
The original motivation seems to have been a deal between a printer industry association and a central banks' association, perhaps as an alternative to threatened legislation, although we've never been able to get ahold of the details of that deal.
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