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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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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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Interestingly enough we still say “ciphertext” to describe the encrypted “cleartext”.
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