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? >>> >> >> > >
