Zodiac Killer’s Cipher Finally Cracked
arstechnica.comPrevious major discussions:
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25397787
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25390941
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25387216
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Somewhat old news, I think the only cipher of Zodiacs that has not been cracked is the link to his actual name.
(2020)
"Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."?
A crummy commercial?! Son of a bitch!
mother fudge
"Finally" = December 2020
Worth noting that hard/impossible to crack doesn't automatically mean a cipher is good. One can easily scramble letters in ways that makes it literally impossible to decipher, but that defeats the whole point.
The most surprising and interesting finding from this article for me is that Majorgeeks is still around.
2020