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Slightly weirdly worded: > Bell Labs’ pioneering SIGSALY speech-encryption system was constructed in New York City, under a U.S. Army contract, during 1942 and
by rsynnott 2y ago
Slightly weirdly worded:
> Bell Labs’ pioneering SIGSALY speech-encryption system was constructed in New York City, under a U.S. Army contract, during 1942 and 1943. It was gigantic, weighing over 50 thousand kilograms and filling a room. Turing was familiar with SIGSALY and wanted to miniaturize speech encryption.
Well, yes; given that he _helped design it_ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY#Development) he probably would be familiar with it.