Playfair Cipher - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The novel Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers gives a blow-by-blow account of the cracking of a Playfair cipher.
  • In the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a treasure hunt clue is encoded as Playfair cipher.
  • In the audio book Rogue Angel : God of Thunder, a Playfair cipher clue is used to send Anja Creed to Venice.

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