Unlock Hidden Secrets: Deciphering Two Vintage Encrypted Postcards 🕵️‍♂️

Discover the fascinating world of cryptology as we decode two mysterious encrypted postcards shared by Klaus Schmeh. Uncover secret messages from the past and explore the art of cryptanalysis!

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#cryptology, #cryptography, #cryptanalysis This week, we decipher two encrypted postcards which Klaus Schmeh posted in his blog "cipherbrain" :-) The plaintext language is English. Before you watch the video, and if you are interested in trying to decipher the cards on your own, you find the transcriptions below this description. You may try to decipher these first on your own. Of course, here in the video, I discuss how to decipher the postcards using CrypTool 2. If you are interested in learning the fundaments of cryptology, let me invite you to have a look at our video series about the basics of cryptology, also for beginners: https://youtu.be/jbumW7Ym03o You can download the latest version of CrypTool 2 from here: https://www.cryptool.org/en/ct2/downloads Klaus Schmeh's blog article: https://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/four-encrypted-postcards-from-england-part-1/ Transcription postcard #1: NZ PXO EFBSFTU CPZ UIJT XGMM NBLF UIF QBJS GPS BMCVN GSPN ZPVS HJSM Transcription postcard #2 (cleaned up): 13.25.-.15.23.14.-.4.5.1.18.-.1.4.1.-.20.8.5.-.12.1.19.20.-.P.P.C.-.6.15.18.-.25.15.21.-.1.20.-.W.St..-.20.8.1.14.11.19.-.6.15.18.-.13.9.14.5.-.4.5.1.18.-.8.1.22.5.-.7.15.20.-.13.25.-.13.15.14.5.25.-.4.5.1.18.5.19.20.-.1.12.12.-.9.14.-.7.15.12.4.-.9.-.6.5.5.12.-.18.9.3.8.-.10.21.19.20.-.6.15.18.-.1.-.2.9.20.-.4.5.1.18.-.8.1.22.5.-.2.5.5.4.-.4.15.23.14.-.20.15.-.19.5.5.-.Cot.-.ton.-.20.15.14.9.7.8.20.-.4.5.1.18.-.8.5.-.8.1.19.-.7.15.20.-.8.9.19.-.6.15.18.5.13.1.14.19.-.10.15.2.-.4.5.1.18.-.7.12.1.4.-.23.5..-.1.18.5.-.7.15.9.14.7.-.20.15.-.W.-.15.14.-.19.21.14.4.1.25.-.4.5.1.18.-.23.9.12.12.-.2.5.-.1.19.-.19.15.15.14.-.1.19.-.9.-.3.1.14.-.20.15.13.15.8.18.15.23.-.4.5.1.18.5.19.20.-.7.15.15.4.-.14.9.7.8.20.-.4.5.1.18.-.15.14.5.-.13.21.38.-.12.15.22.5.-.&.-.12.15.20.19.-.15.6.-.11.9.19.19.5.19.-.6.15.18.-.13.25.-.15.23.14.-.4.5.1.18.5.19.20.-.1.4.1.-.6.18.15.13.-.Yr.-.15.23.14.-.23.1.12.20 Like what I do 😄? Help fuel my crypto obsession 🎓 — buy me a coffee here☕— thx: https://buymeacoffee.com/cryptographyforeverybody

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