I had always just believed it was because they were isolated, but I’d been thinking about it lately and that just doesn’t hold up. Can someone familiar with code breaking and encryption help me understand why they were nearly impossible to understand, while almost every other cipher was eventually cracked? Thank you!
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One thing to keep in mind is that they were mostly used tactically, where the value of deciphering drops by the hour
Hence the ease with which a natural speaker can transmit a message (without relying on machines or tables) made them very valuable.
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