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It’s cool to see the work on cryptography at that time. A lot of really interesting people were doing it. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279608179_Th
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
It’s cool to see the work on cryptography at that time. A lot of really interesting people were doing it.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279608179_The_rise_of_cryptology_in_the_European_Renaissance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279608179_The_rise_...
- MonkeyClub 4y agoTrithemius in particular stands out for me. His steganography was ingenious, concealed not just behind steganographical techniques, but also by a double veil of taboo and law: it presented itself as demonology, thus pious readers would avoid it altogether, and impious ones would think twice, given the power and reach of the Inquisition. Brilliant!
- taylorius 4y agoPossible upgrade to the HTTPS protocol? :-)
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoJust pretend to be a teapot. It'll fool everybody.
- deafpolygon 4y agoWorked in Beauty and the Beast (Disney version)!
- pbhjpbhj 4y ago418
- m0llusk 4y agoWhich dovetails with the way Charles V operated. Completely unlike egotist leaders who insist on doing things themselves, Charles V was fabulously rich, knew the power of money, and contracted everything out to the most talented people he could find. Even his grand strategies were contracted out to accomplished strategists. And he didn't attach himself to any particular idea or move. At one point he messed up and a force of his numbering around 20k was destroyed. In public at least he simply shrugged it off and went back to planning world domination. His history is full of fascinating tales of the machinations of imperial power.