Keylogger 1.0
October 13, 2015 7:48 PM   Subscribe

"The electromechanical implants were nothing short of an engineering marvel. The highly miniaturized series of circuits were stuffed into a metal bar that ran the length of the typewriter, making them invisible to the naked eye. The implant, which could only be seen using X-ray equipment, recorded the precise location of the little ball Selectric typewriters used to imprint a character on paper. With the exception of spaces, tabs, hyphens, and backspaces, the tiny devices had the ability to record every key press and transmit it back to Soviet spies in real time."
posted by computech_apolloniajames (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Super cool, but we've seen it recently -- restless_nomad



 
Darn those Ruskies! I'm just glad they didn't bug the shoe-phones our agents used!

(now I want to find an old Selectric , I learned to type on one of those in middle school (1961 or so), although I bet getting ribbons for one of those is about impossible)

edit: ha...$7.99 on amazon..
posted by HuronBob at 7:57 PM on October 13, 2015


Sort of a double, but still a great story.
posted by Kadin2048 at 8:01 PM on October 13, 2015


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