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I'm pretty sure this measure was requested either by the government or some big three letter agency.
I doubt that, if all printers were manufactured by a government monopoly, you wouldn't have this shit baked in. It would probably be way worse
It was requested by the secret service as a countermeasure for counterfitting. More frequently it's been used to "catch other criminals", at least that's what they say.
Germans are used to this already. It's called "Salamitaktik" (pushed piece a piece).
I see. Sort of like what the Republicans/fascists are doing with, well, everything.