Thursday, July 11, 2013

Off The Grid: Russian Secret Services Go Back to Typewriters to Avoid NSA Surveillance

07/11/2013


It looks like the Russians are trying to keep their secrets close to home and to avoid the NSA surveillance by buying typewriters.

According to a Russian newspaper, the Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO), has decided to purchase 20 typewriters to be used for writing down official documents.

This should serve, the source says, to protect state secrets from the prying eyes of Big Brother and any possible online data collection.

It looks like the decision has been made after the WikiLeaks scandal, as well as the details unveiled by Edward Snowden regarding the spying of Dmitri Medvedev during the G20 summit in London.

As far as security goes, it is known that any type of electronic communication is vulnerable to interception. Thus, the FSO move might seem old-fashioned, but it could prove to be efficient.

h/t: Gabriela Vatu

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