When I was tested for duty in the Intel service a big part of the test was
language aptitude which they tested by using a made up language. So, they
already have one.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 1:39 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think the beauty of Navajo for that purpose was that it was never
> written down anywhere.  No phrase books or dictionary so you couldn't even
> attempt to learn it.
>
> I wonder what other obscure languages could be used for that purpose.
>
> Why not make up a language, like Tolkeen's Elvish or Klingon.  Except
> don't document it anywhere.
>
> Trying to wrap my head around the difference between a foreign language
> and a complex cypher.
>
> I wonder if modern technology could crack that.  If they were speaking all
> day about other things, they're providing a large corpus of data.
> ....though I suppose if software could translate a language then we would
> have translated the Voynich manuscript by now.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/19/2015 2:20 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>
> About 30 years ago I worked with a guy whose wife’s grandfather was a code
> talker.  I had never hear of them before.
>
> The code talkers all knew each other and in most cases came from the same
> tribe/area area. Drove the Japanese crazy.  All day long they were visiting
> in Navajo about the cousins back home and then seamlessly insert a code
> phrase.  For words that were not Navajo they use a phonetic alphabet but
> used Navajo words, so B would be the Navajo word for Bear etc.  Then back
> to speculating if cousin Jimmy is still drinking.
>
> I wonder if they even figured out what language it was in.
>
> *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2015 12:14 PM
> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How about this
>
>
> I could send messages in Spanish that Gino Ken Chuck and others on list
> would have trouble deciphering... Hell my English is bad enough...trucha
> pasa en hable
> On Nov 19, 2015 12:08 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Pretty easy to use code phrases or code on a clear channel.  One time
>> book codes cannot be broken.
>>
>> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2015 12:06 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] How about this
>>
>> Did you hear that the attacks were coordinated over UNecncrypted SMS?
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Reading about taking down encrypted channels on twitter that may be
>>> terrorism related.
>>> Tough nut to crack.
>>>
>>> How about you can send encrypted all you want, provided the sender and
>>> receiver identities are in the clear.
>>>
>>> How much would that offend our libertarian sensibilities?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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