The cover of Philip Agee's book "CIA Diary: Inside the Company" is a picture of his typewriter--rigged by the CIA to capture what he wrote.
On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote: > 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 Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman Snitow-Kaufman Productions 2600 Tenth Street #603 Berkeley, CA 94710 510 841-1068 secr...@igc.org www.snitow-kaufman.org Facebook: Snitow-Kaufman Productions
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