if it were the same, you wouldn’t have been allowed to make this comment.

It works both ways. Is OP allowed to make the comment because he is more priviliged or because he has less power and is less of a threat?

Remember the McCarthy era. There can be more restrictions if needed.

Developed by Xerox and Canon in the mid-1980s, the existence of these tracking codes became public only in 2004.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots

Like always, google is doing things for free to get training data.

All things are going into an authoritarian direction which needs control of the opposition. Google will have the infrastructure to identify people with opposing mindsets. There won’t be a rebellion if the rebel leaders can be locked up in time.