Why You Can't Trust Government Provided Cryptography


Sign at a train station saying "Welcome to Bletchley. The home of Bletchley Park & Enigma."

You should visit Bletchley Park. Seriously. It's the most amazing museum - dedicated to the wartime effort to crack Enigma; the Nazi cryptographic machines. The tour guides of Bletchley Park are full of fascinating stories. They can tell you how all the primitive computers work, about the history of each building, they know all the curious little facts which make visiting the park an absolute joy. There's one story in particular that I never tire of hearing. By 1945, Turing's computers…

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