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Aren't decrypt and decipher synonyms? What is their distinction, if any?

• sologoub 10y ago
  Not sure from the mathematical point of view. Not a lawyer, but the Burr case seems to imply that the secretary could be compelled by court to translate the cipher (literally decipher) the letter, provided in doing so he was not going to incriminate himself. If translating a cipher and decrypting a drive is held equivalent, then the subject of this article is likely protected, irrespective of how reprehensible the alleged crime is...