How a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in Music

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How a Saxophonist Tricked the KGB by Encrypting Secrets in Music

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Cryptography · 2 years ago

Using a custom encryption scheme within music notation, Merryl Goldberg and three other US musicians slipped information to Soviet performers and activists known as the Phantom Orchestra.

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cryptography (noun). The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

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