Cicadas, Ciphers and Codes: The Weird World of Cryptography

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.2 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2014

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For much of recorded history, humans beings have been trying to devise unbreakable codes (and break the codes of their rivals). But is there any truly unbreakable code? And what exactly is Cicada 3301? Tune in to learn more.

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0:00.0	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girl Friends.
0:04.8	It's Las Vegas, it's the 1990s, and it is time to find a husband.
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0:27.3	I would call him, and I would say, I know you killed my sister.
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0:37.8	The True Crime Podcast, Sacred Scandal, returns for a second season to investigate a led sexual abuse at Mexico's La Luz del Mundo Mega Church.
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1:14.2	Pablo Escobar's death was supposed to bring peace to Medellín, but that peace was shattered for Beto Coral when his father was murdered.
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1:52.4	Hello everyone, welcome back to Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. My name is Matt.
1:58.3	And my name is Ben.
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