I picked up this labeller for $5 at a garage sale last weekend. I've had this idea about using one to back up a seed list or passphrase for a while and wanted to try it out.
It runs on AA batteries and feels like something that you used to use before the internet became mainstream. There are a lot of boomers in my area so I see them for sale in a lot of the shopping malls. I just like how they don't need to be connected to the internet.
I played around with the settings. There's a floppy disk button which I think means to simply save what you've written. There's a few fonts and borders, different sizes and lots of symbols (passphrase!).
I printed off a TEST SEED and hid it in a few places like this pen:
And this whiteboard:
The possibilities are endless!
I would destroy the printer after printing any sensitive info.
Printer/scanner forensics is a thing. Lots of people specialize in pulling metadata, observing different levels of wear on the buttons or internal mechanics to identify what was printed on them.
Really?
I guess it's always safer to roll the more paranoid path.
I use various labels for work (not that specific model), but the models I use the labels fade significantly after 5 or 6 years.
Good to know.
I didn't think about changing the ink and whether that would be available if it's an old model.
an embossing manual tapewriter is another option - no electronic data security threat, the plastic tape would be waterproof too - not fireproof though, and i dunno how resilient the plastic would be over time.
That's a great idea!
Some great ideas there 👌 👍
Depends on your threat model. Doesn't work for me, as it is not fire resistant.