I’ve seen at 2-3 examples of “high level encryption” portrayed in TV/movies as a rotating cube of numbers/characters
Where did this visual trope come from?
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I always presumed it was from the internals of vault locking mechanisms. Or like those puzzles you see in video games with rotating pieces.
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But it only works if, when it's done, one of the characters says, "We're in."
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First imagery of this sort I got was from the movie Hackers, and I agree with other commenters the probable source idea was Rubik's Cube.
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Possibly an early pre After Affects library component that got bundled when adobe bought a small gfx firm around 93'
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