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		AndrewOMartin 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 The Hut 6 Story, goes into enough detail that Gordon Welchman (Simply put, Turing's boss) lost his security clearance. If you care about the human side, but are keen to take on the details there's no better book possible.

louthy 10 months ago [–]

Another vote for The Hut Six Story.

The title includes ‘Six’ not ‘6’ (not that it should trip up a search algo, but you never know)

mprovost 10 months ago | [–]

Apparently some computers still aren't able to crack the simplest encryption schemes.

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