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Code that helped end Apartheid
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impish9208
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18 Oct 24 13:05 UTC
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rsynnott
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18 Oct 24 13:53 UTC
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You know it's _proper_ vintage crypto code because it uses the now very unfashionable word 'encipher'.
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quuxplusone
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18 Oct 24 14:46 UTC
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Funny but also thought-provoking! When
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the verb "encipher" give way to "encrypt," and why? I might enjoy reading a well-researched piece on that subject.
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jgrahamc
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18 Oct 24 14:49 UTC
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I don't know why but here's when:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=encipher%2Cenc...
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seanw444
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Wow. Apparently that's when AES and Triple DES were introduced, which can't be coincidental.
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Yeah... Data Encryption Standard published in the late '70s, and given its adoption, I assume solidified the use of 'encryption' in this context.
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