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>> He may write programs on paper, and send them to you to type them in, compile them, and print out a listing with the errors. You then send back the listing,
by Lordarminius 10y ago
>> He may write programs on paper, and send them to you to type them in, compile them, and print out a listing with the errors. You then send back the listing, and he will correct his program and repeat.
I'd pay good money to know what the prison superintendent thinks of this cryptic communication.
- j2kun 10y agoAs an interesting side note, it turns out books on programming that include chapters on encryption are not allowed in prisons.
- justinlardinois 10y agoDo you have a link to any reading about this? I'm curious.
- j2kun 10y agoI actually spoke with a person who works with a specific convict who wants to learn math and programming. They apparently ran into this problem. I don't have a reference, though.
- mrkgnao 10y agoIs this an argument of sneaking in a book on elliptic curves that tangentially talks about cryptography? (I kid, of course.)
- flukus 10y agoI'd imagine the job prospects for ex cons specializing in cryptography aren't that great anyway.