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Alan Turing's 'Delilah' Voice Encryption Papers Revealed
A cache of Alan Turing's wartime papers, including details of his portable voice-encryption system 'Delilah,' was auctioned in London for nearly $500,000. The documents, kept by colleague Bayley until his death in 2020, contain Turing's handwritten notes from 1943-1945. The system was designed to secure voice communications during World War II.
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While historically fascinating, the cryptographic details are unlikely to impact modern encryption, but the papers offer rare insight into Turing's engineering process.
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