alt Hacker NewsCan the ships logs be found on the internet? If so, the model could've manufactured a fake key and corresponding message. I think this is unlikely but should probably still be considered.
Replies
stalfie • today at 7:34 AM
From the article:
> Astra felt compelled to check its work and found that, in fact, the English cruiser HMS Canterbury arrived in Sevastopol on November 24, 1918, based on its original logs
Then follows a picture of the original log papers.
➕ show 3 replies
I don't think the described cipher has enough degrees of freedom for that to be possible.