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Kryptos - Sculpture at the CIA headquarters that continues to be of interest to cryptanalysts for its fourth passage that has yet to be deciphered (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] Unevenbetts@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Still??? I heard about this in college when I tried computer science out. Wow!

[-] motorheadkusanagi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Probably a one time pad, and thus cant ever be solved.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wife has a bunch of those

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

NPR has done stories about this in the past:

https://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131520768/-kryptos-sculptor-drops-new-clue-in-20-year-mystery

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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