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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

how did military commanders in olden times send instructions across hundreds of miles without concern of forgery or interception?

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how did military commanders in olden times send instructions across hundreds of miles without concern of forgery or interception?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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In addition to other comments, Julius Caesar even has a simple encryption technique, the Caesar cypher, named for him because he regularly used it.

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