Th3 H1$tory of Cryptogr@phy - Artur Caliendo Prado

This talk walks through the history of Cryptography and the balance between code makers and breakers. Let's see how each side had the upper hand at different times and explain the most famous ciphers and the process to break them. It expects no previous knowledge on the subject and will work as an entry point to those how may be intrigued enough to pursue the mysterious path of ciphers and codes. -- Artur is a developer, a speaker, and a writer. He has 9 years of experience with Ruby on Rails and 5 with C#. He worked in the largest magazine publisher in Brazil, building high-performance websites like Exame.com, with 90 million page views per month and 6 million unique visitors. In 2004 he won the 3rd place in the Brazilian stage of Microsoft Imagine Cup. He is currently working at Youse, a startup that aims to change the insurance market with a strong focus on innovation and technology.