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I would call it a major Turing point (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My grandmother was one of these women. She wouldn't even talk about it, probably for reasons to do with what you just said.

So much human potential is squandered by the false divisions holding people back.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Was it classified because cracking the Enigma machine was still a matter of national security by the 1950s or because the UK didn't want to talk about the people that cracked it?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago*

    Enigma was widely used, not just by Germany during the war, and was still current in the 50s. Additionally, the methods used to defeat Enigma had value against other encryption. It is also the policy of British intelligence not to publicise their work or capabilities.

    British intelligence workers also took the Official Secrets Act at its word, while their American counterparts eventually assumed that as it was in the past they could talk about it.

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