The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine [video] (youtube.com)

2 points by dataflow 18d ago ↗ HN

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The "real engineering" angle beats the usual codebreaking story.

jleyank 18d ago ↗

Remember, one of the best tools for decoding something is a screwdriver…. Math helps, too.