@normative @SteveBellovin There used to be no mundane device/tech/place you couldn't get in. I think mundane is key.
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Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@normative@SteveBellovin Does a one-time pad not count as "mundane"?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bhpascal
@bhpascal@normative@SteveBellovin No! Germany beat Russia on the eastern front in the first month of WWI because Russia screwed that up.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@bhpascal@normative One-time pads? In August 1914? Citation, please! They did screw up their crypto, but I doubt it was OTPs.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SteveBellovin
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative Actually, it's a great example of difference between public key and old-style cryptography/secrecy.. +1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative They couldn't get their system to all three divisions; communicated in plain; Germans fished in barrel.+2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative Otherwise, Germany might have collapsed in August 1914. Hunting citation for you, wait a bit. :-D1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@bhpascal@normative Kahn's "The Codebreakers" talks about it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SteveBellovin
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative I saw it in passing in WWI books; I think it was Guns of August. http://erenow.com/ww/augustguns/19.html … search wireless2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@zeynep@bhpascal@normative I just checked Kahn's "The Codebreakers"--has the same story, but nothing about OTPs.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SteveBellovin @bhpascal @normative You may well be right; I will try to dig into details. Wikipedia says Russians used Vigenère!
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