Jackcooper@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agohow did military commanders in olden times send instructions across hundreds of miles without concern of forgery or interception?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squarehow did military commanders in olden times send instructions across hundreds of miles without concern of forgery or interception?Jackcooper@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Let me know if there is a better community for this type of question. I am still learning my way around.
minus-squareburningmatcheslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoThe cipher used by Mary Queen of Scots in the 1500s was just broken this year. It’s a good example of how communications were secured back in the day. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/codebreakers-discoverand-decipherlong-lost-letters-by-mary-queen-of-scots-180981613/
The cipher used by Mary Queen of Scots in the 1500s was just broken this year. It’s a good example of how communications were secured back in the day.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/codebreakers-discoverand-decipherlong-lost-letters-by-mary-queen-of-scots-180981613/