Show HN: Simple encryption protocol I might have invented
I don't know if I invented this, in fact it probably already has a name. But I made this:
https://madprops.github.io/pager/
As you might notice it's just a bunch of words associated with other words. But also if you change the number at the top, the associations change, they move by 1 spot.
So the words associated on number 89 are totally different to those from number 101.
At some point given a large enough number the associations loop.
So how do you use it? Simple, just establish with a person or group that the pager you have to use is a certain number and that some words are to be deduced from it. Maybe the words are highlighted in some way.
It's not a full sentence translation since that would be hard and not really possible since the word list is limited.
But there's enough words to convey some concepts.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadThat’s easily broken if you have enough ciphertext. I guess that, with additional context (who’s talking to who, and what are the most likely subjects) twenty words should be enough.