Also, there's quite a bit of work on "keyboard emanations" (listening to sound from keyboards) which could be applied to typewriters with little modification. So these had better be well-swept (against listening devices) rooms! Or have tons of typewriters in each room... or dynamically realocate the keys on the typewriter (not sure if that's possible or practical!). best, Joe
On Wed Jul 17 12:01:00 2013, Griffin Boyce wrote: > If you need something typed, but don't want it to be easily stolen, > typewriters would be a good option. However, if the goal is to prevent > leaking, then that's not really going to work. It's not difficult to xerox > something or take a photo and then leak *that*. Cameras can be very tiny, > and portable scanners can be hidden in a jacket pocket or under a pant leg. > > Security hasn't disappeared just because we default to using technology. > > The Kremlin's a big place though. Ordering just four typewriters doesn't > necessarily mean that they've changed security or tactics. I do have to > wonder if they're just replacing other typewriters... or maybe the recent > leakstravaganza has made them reconsider their own policies :D > > ~Griffin > > > > If you need something typed, but don't want it to be easily stolen, > typewriters would be a good option. However, if the goal is to > prevent leaking, then that's not really going to work. It's not > difficult to xerox something or take a photo and then leak *that*. > Cameras can be very tiny, and portable scanners can be hidden in a > jacket pocket or under a pant leg. > > Security hasn't disappeared just because we default to using technology. > > The Kremlin's a big place though. Ordering just four typewriters > doesn't necessarily mean that they've changed security or tactics. I > do have to wonder if they're just replacing other typewriters... or > maybe the recent leakstravaganza has made them reconsider their own > policies :D > > ~Griffin > > -- > Sent from a tracking device. Please excuse typocetera. > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall Senior Staff Technologist Center for Democracy & Technology 1634 I ST NW STE 1100 Washington DC 20006-4011 (p) 202-407-8825 (f) 202-637-0968 j...@cdt.org PGP: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key fingerprint: BE7E A889 7742 8773 301B 4FA1 C0E2 6D90 F257 77F8 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
