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For all practical purposes, so does any other way of producing a document from plain old desktop printing (http://33bits.org/2011/10/11/everything-has-a-fingerp
by ics 11y ago
For all practical purposes, so does any other way of producing a document from plain old desktop printing (http://33bits.org/2011/10/11/everything-has-a-fingerprint-%E2%80%94-dont-forget-scanners-and-printers/ http://33bits.org/2011/10/11/everything-has-a-fingerprint-%E...) to handwritten letters.
- bootload 11y agoAgreed, though I think the idea was also to remove the chance of any snooping via elint. I do notice the Ruskies choosing electric type writers probably for reliability and evenness of the print output. I remember the IBM Selectrics [0] I used hacking up for "text repro", [1] far superior to manual typewriters that had, depending on the quality of the machine uneven application of ink. If you scan a copy you get superior reproduction. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter [1] To make print ready artwork you can type up the text, print a negative and reproduce positive film copy to work with. Old school optical reproduction technology.