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7. Yep. Typewriters and paper documents are back in use

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:49 PM

Oct 2016

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/11/russia-spies-nsa-typewriters-documents-computers/2508751/

In the wake of recent NSA spy scandals, Russia's Federal Guard Service has decided to revert to using more typewriters and paper documents, Izvestia reports.

Toward that end, the FSO, which protects Russia's top officials and Kremlin communications, recently ordered 20 Triumph Adler typewriters, the newspaper reports.

One key reason for using typewriters is that each creates its own unique "signature" that can be traced, the newspaper says.

The source notes that many critical groups, including the defense ministry, emergency situations ministry and the security services, have never switched over to electronic documents.

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the end of email [View all] tenaciousdem Oct 2016 OP

Email did not catch on with many businesses, one being the medical people. Jim Beard Oct 2016 #1

interesting tenaciousdem Oct 2016 #3

Odd...I get around 7000 a year on my hospital email. ileus Oct 2016 #22

But what are they about ? I'm guessing most are just things like JI7 Oct 2016 #24

i read an article a few years sgo LisaM Oct 2016 #2

Yep. Typewriters and paper documents are back in use dalton99 Oct 2016 #7

any guess to tenaciousdem Oct 2016 #8

probably onethatcares Oct 2016 #19

Not happening. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #4

that is true tenaciousdem Oct 2016 #5

Probably more voice communication. Jim Beard Oct 2016 #11

From what little I've read about it, it sounds like Podesta in particular was super careless about Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #15

"It's in the mail" KentuckyWoman Oct 2016 #6

its called encryption pimpbot Oct 2016 #9

sloppy tenaciousdem Oct 2016 #13

I don't think it was a matter of not being encrypted, it was more like Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #16

wow tenaciousdem Oct 2016 #17

It's not so much sloppiness as it is users being (rightfully) disconnected from security concerns. randome Oct 2016 #20

Email is good enough Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #10

Can the average person do it and do they need it? Jim Beard Oct 2016 #12

probably not needed for the average joe pimpbot Oct 2016 #14

Two factor authentication is dead simple and eliminates this sort of thing Egnever Oct 2016 #23

I agree. kentuck Oct 2016 #18

I started using email in 1981... meaculpa2011 Oct 2016 #21

This all reminds me of Ken Star Jim Beard Oct 2016 #25

Carrier pigeons can be hacked too Sanity Claws Oct 2016 #26