Scroll & Pencil: advice for the perplexed

by Steve 資紀 Ushioda B.A., June S.S. Conroy

"I have nothing to do with Russia, have not been involved with hookers in Russia, and have always assumed I was being recorded."

It is a claim I have had to repeat many times over in my to potential employers, educational institutions, romantic partners, governments, state, federal, local, and DMV.

I think it was even on my Jury questionnaire as an "optional" item.

The response has often been puzzlement from my interlocutors, perhaps because they didn't ask precisely that question.
Sen. Franken used the trick on Sessions, and he fell for it, too.

In my former life as a nerd, I attempted to build a secure computer system to resist kompromat . I went to EFF's homepage to see the parts they recommended. But I got stuck on the choice of a printer because they all made these funny dots . Turns out those dots had meaning, so I got an off-brand laser from OkiData and it worked for a while. I printed a lot of secure things and no one was the wiser.

True story

Hardcover

Published May 9, 2022