Specifically, I’m talking about their signet rings, seals, etc.
Couldn’t someone just make a copy? Or make one that looks extremely similar?
Imagine “hacking” the king. You could start wars or do whatever you wanted just by getting a letter sent somewhere.
I understand it’s not as easy as it sounds and one would have to first obtain said seal or wax imprint from a letter or something but I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it being done.
EDIT: Anyone else now wanna see a movie get made about someone (or some team) pulling off a ‘heist’ like this?? Obviously set back in the olden days.
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Security and hacking is a constant game of cat-and-mouse throughout eternity. Security is an assurance, not a guarantee, that something will be secure. For example, getting a jeweler and a literate person to work together to write letters realistic enough to not be doubted was uncommon enough that it would have rarely happened. It likely would have happened sometimes.
Your house probably has a schlage lock which a teen could pick with tools available on the internet for 20 bucks. Most people can’t pick locks, and even fewer do, and even fewer are willing to target you.
Locks keep people honest, for the most part. And that’s it.
You ever realize that someone, if so motivated, could easily snuff you out of existence? With the amount of times you turn your back, unaware, to people, on a daily basis?
It takes a lot. It takes motivation. It takes skill. It takes reason.
Security works because it’s at least slightly better than the prevalent organized opposition.
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