Russia goes back to using manual typewriter to protect privacy

[froggyboy604]

Moscow News newspaper reported on a 11-7 a Kremlin unit has devised ways of presidental information security as well as the senior officials in the government by ... using manual typewriters instead of computers to avoid information leaks.

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Cool, I like the idea of using type writers to protect from information from being stolen.

At least, when people come to steal paper, you can take out a weapon like a kinife or a gun to protect your belongings.

There is also less chance of sudden data loss using a type writer because of a sudden hard drive crash, or computer problems related to software, and hardware.

I always like storing my most important information with paper and ink because I can photocopy it, so I can store multiple copies in my room, school or work locker, and my wallet and bags. Plus, people are less likely to steal random pieces of paper compared to a desktop, laptop, and tablet computer which is more valuable than scrap paper.

 

[Black Angel]

The irony in this, is in the fact that the last typewriter factory closed in 2011 due to the fact that the world now considers them obselete.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Clearly Russia has never herd of spys. Careful who you pass those papers off to.

 

[Black Angel]

Yeah, didn't they have a redhead here that was spying before the U.S. booted her ass out of here?

Supposedly because she was so attractive, she got a modeling gig out of it..

 

[froggyboy604]

I think stealing a box or binder full of paper in a room with armed gaurds would be a lot harder than using a USB flash drive to copy a bunch of files at once. Plus, paper is not electronic, so hackers can't use the internet to hack into paper to steal it since you can't connect paper to the internet since paper is not electronic.