Security through lingual obscurity

On a recent trip to Mexico, our casita had a safe in it. The instructions for using it and the combination were printed on a covered sheet of paper sitting on top of the safe. As I scanned for directions on how to change the combination, I read:

Don't worry. Anyone here to steal cannot read this paper.

Category(s): Security and Economics

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