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TIL in the late '70s and early '80s, the Soviets "bugged" IBM Selectric II typewriters in the US Embassy in Moscow so they would report what the Americans were typing by radio. We only found out when a friendly country's embassy told us it had happened to their typewriters.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/how-soviets-used-ibm-selectric-keyloggers-to-…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmjq9r/til_in_the_late_70s_and_early_80s_the_soviets/

Would've loved it if the story ended with a policy in place where typewriters were switched out on a timetable and the old typewriters wound up in a high school workshop in the embassy annex.

Let the soviets read about Tommy's opinions on Shakespeare and Timmy practicing his home row skills.