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Enigma was built for banks, not war
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The terrifying cipher machine that eventually commanded Nazi military communications during WWII was actually meant to be a boring corporate tool. Scherbius pitched it to banks and post offices to stop industrial espionage, but it was too expensive and no one bought it. It wasn't until the German military realized they needed better encryption that the machine found its dark, devastatingly effective purpose.
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