Simon Singh

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   Cryptography has been used for thousands of years to protect secrets, and every new method was eventually broken by creative people.

   The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography · 1999

   Every new encryption method is eventually broken by creative people.

   Imagine you have a box with a secret lock. Over time, people invented more and more complex locks. But each time, a clever thief found a key or a method to open it. So it was with secret codes: each invention led to a new break.

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