> And they do most secret stuff with typewriters and photocopies these days, so i've heard. Snowdens revelations had a big impact there. I think I heard the fi

> And they do most secret stuff with typewriters and photocopies these days, so i've heard. Snowdens revelations had a big impact there. I think I heard the first heard the "Russia switches back to typewriters" story pre-Snowden. Electronic typewriter bugs are also not unheard of: http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/ http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/.