The Chaocipher

In 1918, John F. Byrne devised a novel cipher system (“The Chaocipher“) that he claimed produces the “annihilation of order and design in written language” – an indecipherable cipher. Though “crude”, Byrne’s working model fitted inside a tiny box that had contained “fifty small Havana cigars”. However, even though he apparently managed to get his invention looked at by all … Continue reading The Chaocipher