Posted on 03/22/2021 10:36:24 AM PDT by PAUL09
Nazi Operated Enigma Machine Retrieved In Baltic Sea
Centuryâs long lost-quintessential mechanical encryption machine-the Enigma code machine was recovered in the cold Baltic Sea in Europe nearly 75 years after its drastic beneficial purpose had been served during the second world war.
Having been said that during the ending period of World War II, the machine was abandoned deep into the sea by German to keep it out of reach of the allies. WHAT IS AN ENIGMA CODE? The Enigma code machine. ( image source )
Enigma machines also used a form of substitution encryption. Substitution encryption is a simple way to decipher messages, but these codes are very easy to crack. The Caesar cipher is a good example of a substitution encryption scheme. The Caesar cipher transfers several positions for each letter of the alphabet.
For example, A Caesar cipher with a shift of 1 would encode P as a Q, and Z as an A, and many more. Similarly with a shift of 5 would encode A as F, M as R, and so on.
The Japanese actually suspected their codes had been broken, but reasoned from a conclusion. Since the codes were unbreakable, they concluded they had been the victims of spies or traitors.
It was easier to ask Sgt Schultz for information.
He was sentenced to, and suffered chemical castration and the result from that ended when he killed himself.
I would assume it is historically accurate.
And Allied intelligence would help to confirm their mistaken suspicions.
My recollection from the book "Bodyguard of Lies" is that the destruction of the resupply of fuel to Rommel was accompanied by fake transmissions which thanked non-existing groups for information that allowed tracking of the re-supply tankers. In fact, the information came from decryption of German messages.
The book's title comes from a Churchill quote: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
Didn't Google have a motto, "Don't be evil"?
Now I realize that the Apple logo with a bite out of it might be a reference to the first sin, taking a bite out of an apple from Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
I think we have the beginnings of a good conspiracy theory here.
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