When People Broke Unbreakable Codes
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Published 2024-03-08
But not all puzzles are simply meant for fun and leisure. Ciphers and codes are, of course, also a great way to keep a secret, such as where one buried some hidden treasure. A well-crafted code can also inform your own military of certain movements and plans, and without revealing that information to an enemy. Many of the strongest ciphers and codes endured for decades or even centuries before finally being cracked.
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All Comments (21)
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My grandma worked as a code breaker during WWII in Washington DC. I was always impressed by that.
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Life was so tragically unfair to to Alan Turing. He saved millions, advanced computing by leaps and bounds, and was essentially pushed to suicide for being true to himself. I wonder how much more advanced computing might be had he lived on...
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The only mystery left is the voice of this OG narrator
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Yay the original narrator is back!!!!
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My own handwriting is the most challenging cipher ever!!
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So it turns out there's this secret writing on the back of the Declaration of Independence written in invisible ink.... 😁
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“Singlehandedly” is kinda unfair to Turing’s team he worked with 😅
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I love the original narrator, too! Where was this guy when I was taking history in high school? Oh I forgot in public school my history teacher was drunk! It's true 😅
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This narrator is the best!! Bring back timeline!!
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They weren’t unbreakable if someone broke them 😂😂😂
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Yes, those codebreaking machines were built by Turing, but don't call them Turing Machines. That term is reserved for the abstract concept that describes a mathematical model of computation.
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video's misleading: voynich manuscript has not been definitively cracked
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I’d love to see an in depth video on pretty much every one of these codes
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12:03 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is my favorite poem.
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Thank God the narrator is back
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3:40 Iron Man was the #1 film on May 10, 2008, exactly ten years after I graduated from high school (May 10, 1998).
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Math geek! 🤣 narrator came out the gate swinging!
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2:04 The Imitation Game (2014) is an excellent film!
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So glad you're back!!!!! I can start watching again!!
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Now, this is the voiceover guy I watch these videos for.
