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The focus on type writers was quite common for a long time in dictatorships. Not as bad as a spirit duplicator but still a possible tool for agitation.
by cf498 8y ago
The focus on type writers was quite common for a long time in dictatorships. Not as bad as a spirit duplicator but still a possible tool for agitation.
- myth_drannon 8y agoWell the whole idea of samizdat was based on the access to a typewriter. Not necessarily at home, my mom was a librarian and she would use the typewriter in her office to type books.
- PeterisP 8y agoAnd the reason for typewriter control is that typewriters are somewhat unique; all the typewriters used to be registered (i.e. the security services have their writing samples together with the owner/location of the device) so that if a particularly unwanted type of samizdat (e.g. actual political agitation) was detected then they could and would determine that this was typed on the typewriter in your mom's office and go in and determine who participated in making these copies.
- wnkrshm 8y agoYou can also do forensics on a typewriter and typewritten documents, finding the machine that produces a document. Also, If you didn't switch the ribbon everything you typed could be reconstructed well for a while.
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