There's a lot of people who code on any site like reddit. While people may have relevant skills, the likelihood of having the raw talent isn't that good.
It just took someone who recognized the type of cipher (which was apparently also named on the paper itself). That's virtually guaranteed in a worldwide community of geeky folk.
Agreed. The thing named itself as a ?FIDI cipher .
Just typing FIDI cipher into google will auto correct into BIFID cipher which ofcourse brings up any number of tools that will solve the cipher for you.
While its not 100% straight forward, its not exactly rocket surgery either.
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There's a lot of people who code on any site like reddit. While people may have relevant skills, the likelihood of having the raw talent isn't that good.
I don't understand what you mean by raw talent.
It just took someone who recognized the type of cipher (which was apparently also named on the paper itself). That's virtually guaranteed in a worldwide community of geeky folk.
Agreed. The thing named itself as a ?FIDI cipher .
Just typing FIDI cipher into google will auto correct into BIFID cipher which ofcourse brings up any number of tools that will solve the cipher for you.
While its not 100% straight forward, its not exactly rocket surgery either.