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0 pointsgitgud6y ago0 comments

Cryptographic implies math is used, which doesn't seem to be the case here.

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The word is much older than that.

> 1650s, "art of writing in secret characters"

That’s a rather restrictive definition of cryptography, don’t you think?

gitgudOP6y 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?

arpa6y ago

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