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Well, and they've got every reason to be. The NSA and American airport security theatre made the world a place where microwaving your ID card actually makes a l

Well, and they've got every reason to be. The NSA and American airport security theatre made the world a place where microwaving your ID card actually makes a lot of sense. > sales of old-school typewriters were reported to have skyrocketed That's awful journalism and hearsay at best. Typewriter sales didn't skyrocket. Some authorities, notably services related to government and parliament bought some typewriters after the NSA breach and the most recent parliament security breach because they just couldn't trust their digital equipment anymore.

dagw 11y ago
Typewriter sales didn't skyrocket. If you dig back through the sources to the original quote you'll also find this further quote from the same salesperson of a typewriter company talking about their sales number: "We’ve seen an increase because Brother left the market" So he only said their sales went up, not the total demand for typewriters, and while he had seen some increased orders from various defense and security services, he attributed it largely to one of their biggest competitor leaving the market. I also wonder how much the hipster movement has contributed to the increased sales in typewriters?