Favorite Cipher that we Learned About

I just wanted to know what other people considered to be their favorite cipher. I thought that the Vignere cipher was the coolest just because of the sheer difficulty it was associated with. I also enjoyed the Pig Pen Cipher, used by the Free Masons. I had seen the cipher before but never knew its name. I thought that it was a very interesting cipher.

Crazy Awesome USB

Look at this USB that I found on Stumble Upon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1oSBnZ/www.geekextreme.com/gadgets/crypteks-usb-drive-worlds-most-secure-usb-drive-11629

Poster

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to say that I thought our posters looked great. I was really happy with how mine turned out along with everyone else's. It was really interesting to get to walk around to other seminars and see what they were learning while also being able to talk to people from our class about similar material. I thought that the poster project was a really cool idea and I enjoyed it a lot.

Reused Passwords

How many of us use passwords for a myriad of sources such as Gateway, Facebook, bank accounts, etc. But when you think about it, how many of us use the same password for almost all of these. If necessary we throw in a few discrepancies with the same password but all in all we usually rotate between a select amount of passwords. I know for a fact if a person was to discover the main password I use, they would have access to almost all of my social networks and some of my monetary sources.

Is Learning a New Language a form of Cryptology?

When you learn a new language, you take all the information you previously know and convert it into a new form, basically a cipher text. Though people who understand this new language can decode this new message, people like you who cannot understand this new language are confused by this message. Luckily, especially with the internet, it is easier to decode these but before technology simply writing in speaking in a different language was a way to code messages or information.

DNA Sequencing: The Human Code

Ok so we have all most likely taken at least one biology course through either high school or college now and even if not we should all be familiar the DNA. DNA is the genetic material in which all of our heritable information is stored. The Human Genome Project were the first people ever to successfully unravel the entire human genome and record the sequences. This feat was amazing because of the massive amount of nucleic base pairs. Fun stuff right here.

Invisible Ink

One of the first versions of cryptology or more stenography was the use of invisible inks. Often times common inks were used and the main way of decoding them was to the parchment or item the ink was on. Once the heat was applied, the message would be revealed. This is such a simple process but was very effective and still is today.