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They must have been aware that Enigma was broken, they had an agent in Bletchley Park [1], that part The Imitation Game did get right. [1] https://en.wikipedia
by pilsetnieks 11y ago
They must have been aware that Enigma was broken, they had an agent in Bletchley Park [1], that part The Imitation Game did get right.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cairncross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cairncross
- deepnet 11y agoCairncross smuggled out raw Tunny decrypts performed by Collosus. However Cairncross worked in translation not code breaking and did not have access to Enigma decrypts He is unlikely to have comprehended nor been aware of the role of the method or the role or existence of the machine - due to the excellent op-sec secrecy separating huts. Anyone know of a good cold war history of encryption ?