• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      4 months ago

      You joke but it’s a real thing. When the allies (chief among them, Alan Turing) cracked Enigma, they had to decide not to act on certain bits of information, lest they reveal that they can crack it.

      Same reason the Brits said they’re so good at detecting German planes at night was because they eat lots of carrots. It was actually RADAR.