.@savagejen There's one universal feature of space opera: cryptography is mysteriously a lost technology. B5 was even worse.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green@puellavulnerata@savagejen perhaps that's what the inhabitants of the Transcend figured out in A Fire Upon The Deep2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @bascule
@bascule@puellavulnerata@savagejen In all seriousness I wrote a long and pretty dumb blog post on this question. http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2012/07/four-theories-on-cryptography-of-star.html …1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green@puellavulnerata@savagejen ever seen this? search for "cipher": http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/207.txt …2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@bascule@matthew_d_green@savagejen The dialogue seems to more or less support my "Trek crypto is reduced to the Vigenere level" theory.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@puellavulnerata @matthew_d_green @savagejen though calling it a PROGRESSIVE ENCRYPTION LOCK... don't think they know their Claude Shannon
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