The Snowden controversy has apparently caused Russia's equivalent of our Secret Service to place orders for special typewriters to use in lieu of computers. This news comes from an article at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website.
I understand the desire to move away from insecure online connections but that is no reason to dump computers. A computer plus printer, disconnected from the Internet, is an enormous improvement over a typewriter. Unlike many younger users, I've generated hundreds of thousands of words on both systems so I have personal knowledge.
