In the wake of the US surveillance scandal revealed by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russia is planning to adopt a foolproof means of avoiding global electronic snooping: by reverting to paper.
The Federal Guard Service (FSO), a powerful body tasked with protecting Russia's highest-ranking officials, has recently put in an order for 20 Triumph Adler typewriters, the Izvestiya newspaper reported.
Each typewriter creates a unique "handwriting", allowing its source to be traced, the report said.
Looks like the NSA are to going have to get their hands dirty once more.
They may have to begin rummaging through latrines in Eastern Europe to collect typewritten documents due to a shortage of lavatory paper back in the 1980s once more.
Sending secure encrypted email using burst radio transmissions might be handy in an emergency
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nBqKGKSLe0I already have PGP installed on Thunderbird.
https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messagesThe problem is that recipients have trouble reading the email messages if they haven't installed the Thunderbird PGP plugin.
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