The Enigma Machine Explained

As technology increases, so do the methods of encryption and decryption we have at our disposal. World War II saw wide use of various codes from substitution ciphers to employing Navajo code talkers in the Pacific theater. Here, science journalist and author Simon Singh demonstrates the German enigma machine, a typewriterlike device used to encrypt communications. He demonstrates not only its operation, but both the strength and fatal flaws in its method. Watch the Full Program Here: