The message is called the plaintext because it is the unchanged source information. Example: The cat ran away. The secret message generated is called a cipher or ciphertext and it is the encrypted ...
NOVA scienceNOW's "Can Science Stop Crime" introduced you to Tadayoshi Kohno, a University of Washington computer scientist who's made it his mission to take over networked machines, identifying ...
A few months ago, GeekDad's Challenge of the Week was a lovely cipher about famous novels beginnings. I enjoyed solving it and that reminded me of a time where I was teaching younger students (12 to ...