TwilightLoki [he/him,any] to news • 4 years agoAfter 51 years, the Zodiac Killer 340 Cipher has been solvedexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up110
arrow-up110external-linkAfter 51 years, the Zodiac Killer 340 Cipher has been solvedTwilightLoki [he/him,any] to news • 4 years agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarePoop [none/use name]hexbear6·4 years agoHow does a random dude come up with such a sophisticated cypher? link
minus-squareTwilightLoki [he/him,any]hexagonhexbear9·edit-24 years agoAccording to another comment somewhere, making cyphers isn't hard, they're just hard to solve. Even harder to solve when there are mistakes in them. link
minus-squareQuillQuote [they/them]hexbear7·4 years agojust keep making up and layering rules and you can make crazy difficult cyphers. The hard part is making hard to crack cyphers that are easy to use link
minus-squareNot_irony [he/him]hexbear9·edit-24 years agoSounds like the in-jokes on chapo dot chat link
minus-squaredeadtoddler420 [any]hexbear4·4 years agoStrong possibility he got books on it. He also had an earlier one get cracked quickly so he knew he had to up his game. link
How does a random dude come up with such a sophisticated cypher?
According to another comment somewhere, making cyphers isn't hard, they're just hard to solve. Even harder to solve when there are mistakes in them.
just keep making up and layering rules and you can make crazy difficult cyphers. The hard part is making hard to crack cyphers that are easy to use
Sounds like the in-jokes on chapo dot chat
Strong possibility he got books on it. He also had an earlier one get cracked quickly so he knew he had to up his game.