When a catcher wants to tell a pitcher what to throw, he uses his fingers, ticking off a secret code; more expansive discussions require a walk to the mound, where players cover their mouths with hands and gloves, wary of lip readers.
If you write codes carelessly, it will make the secret code more difficult to decipher for your partner, unless there is a variation of a code or cipher that was specifically designed to confuse the reader (except your partner, of course).
If the wood-panelled walls of Bletchley Park house could talk, they would reveal much more about the secret code-breaking activities that went on in the former stately home than its previous inhabitants ever could.
The scandal has drawn more attention to what critics of secret code have been saying for years: that the systems running our cars, homes and gadgets have become extremely closed off to us.
* * * Noah St. John is the inventor of Afformations and author of the bestselling book The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and Happiness (HarperCollins).
Noah St. John, Ph.D. is the author of The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and Happiness (HarperCollins) and founder of SuccessClinic.com.
* * * Noah St. John, Ph.D. is the #1 bestselling author of The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and Happiness (HarperCollins).
Noah St. John is the author of The Secret Code of Success: 7 Hidden Steps to More Wealth and Happiness (HarperCollins).
At its height, this reached more than 200,000 readers, who would greet each other with the secret code: "Sniffup", which required the response: "Spotera" ("Puffins are tops", backwards).
Once the details of the hacking attempts became public – including attempts to steal secret code from Google's servers – the rift between senior management grew even more stark.
