Wols Lists wrote: > On 19/09/2023 10:13, Dale wrote: >> That's a interesting way to come up with passwords tho. I've seen that >> is a few whodunit type shows. Way back in the old days, they had some >> interesting ways of coding messages. Passwords are sort of similar. > > Back when we were busy conquering India ... > > The story goes of a General trying to send a message back of his > latest conquest, but he didn't want to use codes because he had a > suspicion the Indians could read them if his messenger was captured. > > It appears the story is apocryphal, but the message he sent read > "peccavi". > > https://www.ft.com/content/49036e66-ac48-11e8-94bd-cba20d67390c > > Cheers, > Wol > >
It seems that requires a subscription. Oh well. Dale :-) :-)
