Well, I was watching CNN and it looks like the Postal workers now are armed with a new weapon.. Against terror of course. THe whole cant read someone elses mail thing is out the window it looks like, they can spray this go on the letter and read through the envelope.. It seems implausable but its CNN, they dont lie right? well ANYWAYS, I now have a nice stash of black construction paper... Max Inux
on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:23:55PM -0800, Max Inux (maxinux@bigfoot.com) wrote:
Well, I was watching CNN and it looks like the Postal workers now are armed with a new weapon.. Against terror of course. THe whole cant read someone elses mail thing is out the window it looks like, they can spray this go on the letter and read through the envelope.. It seems implausable but its CNN, they dont lie right? well ANYWAYS, I now have a nice stash of black construction paper...
That's been around quite the while: http://www.google.com/search?q=envelope%20transparent%20spray http://www.countdown.org/end/big_brother_13.htm Source: Robert Uhlig, Electronic Telegraph Date: 3rd March, 2001 [We've got mail] An aerosol spray that makes unopened envelopes transparent so that the contents can be read has been invented. "You spray it on and it temporarily makes the envelope clear," said Robert Schlegel, vice-president of the makers, Mistral Security, of Maryland. "It leaves an odor for 10 to 15 minutes, but there is no smudging of ink, no stain, no evidence at all. The envelope is transparent for a few minutes and you can respray it hundreds of times without leaving any stain." I'd heard of use of same by CIA going back maybe ten years, if not longer. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
You can find formulas for this spray in many formularies - it's been used at least as far back as WWI for making an envelope transparent for a few minutes. Actually, translucent would be a better term, as you can only read text that is right up against the inside of the envelope. What is more, the stuff is less useful than back in the fountain-pen days because it tends to smear ball-point and other greasy inks. Marc de Piolenc Max Inux wrote: THe
whole cant read someone elses mail thing is out the window it looks like, they can spray this go on the letter and read through the envelope.. It seems implausable but its CNN, they dont lie right? well ANYWAYS, I now have a nice stash of black construction paper...
-- Remember September 11, 2001 but don't forget July 4, 1776 Rather than make war on the American people and their liberties, ...Congress should be looking for ways to empower them to protect themselves when warranted. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin
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