The Indian High Commission in London has reverted to using typewriters to compose sensitive documents following the NSA spying scandal.

Officials also apparently step out of the embassy's premises in Aldwych to discuss sensitive matters in order to dodge "dedicated" satellites and possible bugs installed on the premises.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Credit:Reuters

"Top secret cables are now written on typewriters which cannot be tracked," Jamini Bhagwati, the Indian High Commissioner to London, told the Times of India.

He said that no classified information was disclosed inside the embassy building and bemoaned the fact that it was "tedious" to go out into the garden every time something sensitive needed discussing.