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Re:200-year-old ciphers may reveal the location of treasure ... by mhluongo on Sunday June 17, 2018 @09:49AM (#17332349)
Two different techniques here. One-time pad is a strong random cipher, versus a typical "lookup" substitution cipher which is garbage.
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