Russian intelligence is reportedly fond of German typewriters. DPA
Russian Agency Seeks Typewriters For Secret Documents -- Spiegel Online
With the NSA spying scandal still making headlines, a Russian paper reports that agencies in that country have turned to typewriters to help keep their documents secret.
It sounds like a Luddite response to recent revelations from Edward Snowden -- a low tech way to avoid America's prying eyes. Are Russian intelligence agencies going back in time to ensure that their top secret documents stay out of the public eye in this new era of whistleblowing?
According to a report in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, the Federal Guard Service (FSO), which is responsible for the security of the Russian president and several high-ranking officials, is looking to buy 20 typewriters. They would be used to ensure that particularly sensitive documents existed only on paper and would not be electronically archived in ways that anyone with a security clearance could quickly make off with them.
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