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If you're going to do illegal shit, or shit against the owner class, don't use modern technology to do it.
Dot matrix FTW
Then they'll just identify you by the sound of the printer being audible from down the street.
They even sound better
Are those still being made? Can a consumer buy one?
I don't think they make them anymore but unsurprisingly most are still functionnal.
The challenge would be to find paper for it.
You can still buy both the printer and paper on Amazon.
They are still used in finance. There are a lot of antiquated technologies finance still uses because some random broker with millions of dollars on his book of business just says “nah, I am not using the new stuff”.
I know Tom Scott was able to buy one brand new on Amazon a few years back.
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Yes, see Amazon.
Typewriter and serial-killer bashed together article clippings are based anti-establishment.
Wasn't there some way to fingerprint typewriters as well based on yhe exact shape of the letter stencils? I vaguely remember something like that being an actual thing for solving crimes
Each letter in a typewriter isn't perfectly aligned and will be slightly higher or lower, this variation is distinctive to each typewriter.
So bend the keys afterward, got it thx
Kind of an an-prim take. Understand the technology you're using. The only thing you should take for granted is that any opportunity tech has to spy on you has already been exploited by multiple outlets. Use your worst possible faith and you'll probably still fall short of what's happening.
Or do while making sure you 100% know WTF you are doing. Some modern tech, like onion routing and encryption, are still very useful.
But if you're not the kind of person who can convert a 32 bit hex number to decimal in your head or recognize a JTAG port on a device when you see it, then yeah stay away.
Golden rule: always go for old tech, unless you have a specific reason for going modern.
Sorry to bring it to you, but printers are mostly retro technology.
I used to think that until having kids. Constantly have to print stuff off for their school to be signed or turned it.
Also my printer was amazing during Covid. Printed out coloring pages to occupy them.
Someone should tell Cannon, Pacific Office Automation, and my office that printers are retro then. Because my workplace operates off paper still, not my department, but everyone else.