Secret Codes: How the Allies Communicated Without Enigma 🕵️♂️
Discover the lesser-known methods the Allies used to keep their communications secure during World War II, beyond the famous Enigma machine.

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8.3K views • Jan 23, 2020

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The story of how the Enigma machine was broken is famous across the world. What is less well known is how the Americans and the British were keeping their communications secure.
This video discusses two machines, the ECM Mark II and the TypeX, both of which were resistant to cryptanalysis during their time of operation.
Read more for yourself here:
https://maritime.org/doc/crypto/ecm/index.htm
http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/typex.html
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6175625
The images used in this video were reproduced under the CC-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
This video discusses two machines, the ECM Mark II and the TypeX, both of which were resistant to cryptanalysis during their time of operation.
Read more for yourself here:
https://maritime.org/doc/crypto/ecm/index.htm
http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/typex.html
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6175625
The images used in this video were reproduced under the CC-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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