Talk:Arthur Scherbius

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optimally protected ?

"the military conversation of the Germans was optimally protected" ? No mention of Bletchley Park or Alain Turing ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pielleunipi (talk • contribs) 12:17, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

→ Yes this is an especially strange wording, considering that the Enigma machine's encryption was fatally flawed and thus was able to be cracked by Bletchley Park. Definitely should be altered. --Cow trix (talk) 13:58, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actual inventor?

According to several sources, Scherbius did not invent, but purchased, the original invention from Hugo Alexander Koch.

https://www.asalives.org/ASAONLINE/enigma.htm#:~:text=In%201919%20a%20Dutchman%2C%20Hugo%20Alexander%20Koch%20patented,impulse%20as%20well%20as%20electricity%20did%22%20%28Garlinski%209%29.

https://www.cleverlysmart.com/enigma-machine-that-cracked-the-nazi-secret-code/ 70.126.39.79 (talk) 16:46, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cracked by Bletchley?

Article states "German military communications were protected using Enigma machines during World War II until they were eventually cracked by Bletchley Park due to a fatal flaw in the encryption algorithm whereby characters were never encrypted as themselves."

This contradicts Wikipedia's own articles on the Enigma and on Engima Cryptanalysis. "While Nazi Germany introduced a series of improvements to the Enigma over the years, and these hampered decryption efforts, they did not prevent Poland from cracking the machine as early as December 1932 and reading messages prior to and into the war. Poland's sharing of their achievements enabled the Allies to exploit Enigma-enciphered messages as a major source of intelligence." 173.48.234.53 (talk) 14:53, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]