said by S_engineer :

While I agree with your points about governments desires there tk, this could be used for consumer privacy purposes. We all know the potential and actual abuses that dpi can cause. This could serve 2 purposes; it could curb current and future abuses, and it could also be used as a tool to inform the congress about dpi and it's possible uses. This way when Congress sees companies that abuse dpi, they can not say they never knew what it was!