{"id":1598,"date":"2014-11-15T07:16:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T12:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2014-11-15T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T12:16:20","slug":"typewriters-not-touchscreens-security-the-old-fashioned-way-the-epoch-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1598","title":{"rendered":"Typewriters, Not Touchscreens &#8230; Security the Old-Fashioned Way &#8211; The Epoch Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1079483-typewriters-not-touchscreens-security-the-old-fashioned-way\/\">Typewriters, Not Touchscreens &#8230; Security the Old-Fashioned Way &#8211; The Epoch Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">In writing, music, photography and other areas, \u201coutdated\u201d technologies have initially been valued for their retro, nostalgic appeal in the hipster culture. Vinyl is one of the most notable technologies to have achieved a noticeable revival, not only for its retro value but also for its superior quality in sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Now people are seeing the security benefits of returning to other so-called anachronistic technologies. Typewriters, for instance, are experiencing a revival in politics. Earlier this year, German politician Patrick Sensburg announced that Germany\u2019s government officials might start using typewriters, as they are seen as being an \u201cunhackable\u201d technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">While this move might be viewed as somewhat regressive, it\u2019s actually progressive. Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Following last year\u2019s NSA leaks, the Russian government is also set to return to typewriters in an effort to avoid hacking. Nikolai Kovalev, the former head of the Federal Security Service, said in 2013: \u201cFrom the point of view of keeping secrets, the most primitive method is preferred: a human hand with a pen or a typewriter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 22px; color: #000000; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typewriters, Not Touchscreens &#8230; Security the Old-Fashioned Way &#8211; The Epoch Times. In writing, music, photography and other areas, \u201coutdated\u201d technologies have initially been valued for their retro, nostalgic appeal in the hipster culture. Vinyl is one of the most notable technologies to have achieved a noticeable revival, not only for its retro value but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[712,765,786,1118],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-security","tag-surveillance","tag-technology","tag-typewriters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}