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    Cryptography
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    Cryptography

    Cryptography

    Cryptography

    The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.

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    • PracticalCreative
    • InstinctiveTechnical
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    • RelaxedCompetitive
    • CautiousDaring
    • Quick winsPatient
    • PrivatePerformer
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    • Just do itStudious
    • Low-kitGear-heavy
    • AnalogDigital
    • ObjectsLiving things

    Learning how ciphers work, from Caesar shifts to modern public-key schemes, usually by implementing and then attacking them.

    Science & Curiositychallengingquiethas local groupssedentarywants a few hoursdeep focus
    This weekendTime to first win
    A few hoursA session
    Mostly indoorsWhere

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    The path

    14 quests
    ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$17
    • Make an account on a puzzle site
    • Get Python running on your machine
    BThen the quests
    • Break a Caesar cipher by hand
    • Encode and decode a message
    • Crack a substitution cipher by frequency
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