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Does cryptographic imply decentralized?

• gruez 7y ago
  No, but I think you'll agree that saying tears in a piece of paper "cryptography" is a stretch. It's not cryptography in the same way that a stamp or wax seal isn't cryptography, unless your definition of cryptography is "any method to protect the confidentiality and integrity of a document".
  • cycrutchfield 7y ago
    Do you consider ThreeBallot to be an example of cryptography? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThreeBallot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThreeBallot
• gitgud 7y ago
  Cryptographic implies math is used, which doesn't seem to be the case here.
  • cycrutchfield 7y ago
    That’s a rather restrictive definition of cryptography, don’t you think?
    • gitgud 7y ago
      Well yes strictly speaking it's not just math, but usually it does imply math. What are some examples of cryptography without math of some kind?
      • arpa 7y ago
        Character substitution comes to mind, as described in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Dancing_Men https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Dancing...
  • throwthro1029 7y ago
    The word is much older than that. > 1650s, "art of writing in secret characters" https://www.etymonline.com/word/cryptography https://www.etymonline.com/word/cryptography