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ted_dunningyesterday at 11:24 PM1 replyview on HN

It's called a book cipher and it is definitely subject to various statistical attacks, especially if you have a list of almost all books.


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smegger001today at 1:09 AM

You could probably do something to increase the apparent entropy like xoringing it with an irrational number like tao or pi starting with a digit determined by the date.