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Paper is the new privacy measure. (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 days ago by Zephorah@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

Paper is the new privacy measure

Always has been.

Protip: for anyone seeking to use typewriters to further circumvent surveillance, please know that the ribbon is a complete log of every keystroke. Also, the pressure your pen makes on paper can be recovered from soft-ish surfaces and sheets underneath it. Act accordingly.

[โ€“] stoly@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

And your printer puts microscopic marks that can be traced back to the specific one.

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