Today's AI can crack second world war Enigma code 'in short order', experts say
a year ago
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- #Enigma
- #Alan Turing
- The Enigma code was a complex cipher cracked by Alan Turing and his team during WWII, significantly shortening the war.
- Early versions of Enigma were broken by Polish experts in the 1930s, but German upgrades required Turing to develop new decryption machines called 'Bombes'.
- Modern computing and AI, like ChatGPT, could easily crack Enigma today due to its mechanical limitations and known weaknesses.
- Enigma's encryption relied on a large number of possible settings, but its flaws, like no letter encrypting to itself, aided decryption.
- Modern techniques like RSA encryption remain secure, but future quantum computing could challenge current cryptographic methods.
- Cracking Enigma during the war was a monumental achievement, as it was believed to be unbreakable at the time.