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Re: VMs: Re: Astronomical Notes, Comments, and Replies



> however, an encrypted text with stars, weird
> suspicious-looking symbols and nudity all over was still very likely to
get
> the author in more trouble than any user-friendly blasphemy.

Fully agree. This is exactly what happened to poor abbot Trithemius. His
book on cryptography was misunderstood as black magic - his keys and crypto
text were thought to be magical incantations. It gave him a lot of trouble.
(I can provide the book-reference if needed.)

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