• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    I can actually see the point of a typewriter.

    If someone involved in underhanded business gets an email or an electronically letter, they might think there’s an electronic trail.

    If the letter was hand typed, they’ll know it’s not quite as traceable

    I’ve read that Putin’s security people use typewriters for just this reason.

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      4 hours ago

      Well, as a legal secretary in the early 1990s… I had to type things in triplicate (pressure printed on my typewriter…)

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        4 hours ago

        I’ll go further back in the Wayback Machine.

        When I was very young I got a Disney book where Mickey and Donald Duck are in school. Donald tells Mickey they don’t need to learn to spell because when they grow up they’ll be able to buy typewriters. Donald thought that typewriters would automatically correct any spelling mistakes.