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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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.