Kremlin finds way to avoid leaks: Typewriters

snoopy · Jul 14, 2013

Looks like I gave away my typewriter too soon. There are times I wish a had a typewriter for little tasks but doubt there would be any ribbon available.

Kremlin finds way to avoid leaks: Typewriters
Russia's inner workings have reportedly been spooked by the rise of WikiLeaks and the Snowden revelations. So the Kremlin has reverted to something less technical, but more secure.

Dust off your Olivetti.
It might be the future. The future of national security, at least.

This quaint thought comes to mind as the result of news emerging from the inner bowels of the Kremlin. It seems the prospect of porousness created by WikiLeaks and current Russian resident Edward Snowden has become all too much for delicate Russian dispositions to bear.
So the Kremlin has started ordering typewriters. Lots of them. Indeed, the Telegraph, relying on sources at Russia's Federal Guard Service, says that about $15,000 is being spent to purchase new electronic typewriters.

What seems evident from the Russian government's procurement Web site is that some money had gone toward ribbons for Triumph Adler TWEN 180 typewriters.
You might think this is mere tantalizing frippery, designed to get other nations to drop their guards against Russia.

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Full story here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57593274-83/kremlin-finds-way-to-avoid-leaks-typewriters/

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