Packing my DIY encryption prototypes for my workshop at @inselchaos. It's a fun tech-related topic that you can explore with low-tech materials.

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@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos This looks amazing! Does the multi-rotor part actually work??

@buherator @inselchaos yes it is the pringles enigma you can find online. It is tedious to follow the tracks and keep track of the rotations but it explains very well how the enigma worked.

@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos Do you plan on sharing these when they are finished? The simpler methods would make great activities for kids.

@DazeEnd sure I allways share my stuff on my website when it is finished: https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/
All my stuff is tailored towards kids activities. The encryption devices are still in testing/prototyping.

@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos Pringles Enigma! Brilliant! Although as I understand the Enigma part is not delivering electricity (yet)?

@buherator @inselchaos yes, the pringles enigma requires you to follow the tracks yourself instead of using electricity. The pringles engima is not my "invention". I will use the "pocket enrypt" for my workshops. The other stuff is "just" to introduce the general topic.

@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos Still very cool, Pocket Encrypt already looks like a spy gadget (IMO that's really important when teaching cryptography :))!

@buherator haha thanks! 😃

@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos Do cool. My daughter (10) just read The Bletchley Riddle, and got really into ciphers. I was already thinking of the strip around a TP roll, but the cardboard Enigma looks amazing.

@oscherler @inselchaos the pringles enigma is very cool but als tedious to use. You can search for it online, it is not my work.
I will look up that book for sure!

@VoltPaperScissors @inselchaos

there is a theory that the Roman dodecahedrons were a kind of encryption device, and that it's really not obvious because the encryption keys were made of soft wood or some kind of paper which have either not survived time and decay or were destroyed after they were no longer needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBDgmE3d0aw

@burnitdown awesome. Thanks for sharing!