![]() why your government will do everything it can to keep you from using the next state-of the-art encryption method.how a weak code had a very serious impact on Mary, Queen of Scots and.ways to encrypt your private letters, keeping them safe from colleagues or nosy siblings.In this summary of The Code Book by Simon Singh, you’ll also discover You’ll find out about the increasing sophistication of cryptography and get to know how both cryptography and code breaking are enhanced by information technology. ![]() ![]() These book summary will lead you through some of these fateful events, right up to the twentieth century, when codebreakers changed the course of World War II. It was instrumental in historical ruses and schemes, and the very strength of a code had the power to change the course of history it could determine which of two conflicting nations would triumph in a war, or whether someone would live, die, become king or spend the rest of his life in prison. ![]() When you were a kid, did you ever invent your own code to exchange top-secret messages with your best friends? There’s something profoundly fascinating about secretive messaging, and humans have been at it for many centuries.Ĭryptography has usually been used by the mighty, but also by those seeking power themselves. ![]()
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