Codewriters and Codebreakers
When secrets were hard to keep
Countless hours spent trying to break into each other's secrets; tireless nights spent try to protect our own.Patronsclicktaphere for bonus info
Vulnerability of open communication
While direct conversation and physical letters themselves were vulnerable, they were still safer than the alternative; the far more convenient, but far more open radio based messaging. There are only so many frequencies that work for radio based technologies, and none of them are particularly private as they're blasted from towers dotted across countries and mid-ocean Booster Boats upon the seas. And yet, radio was still the most popular method of communication, due to the speed in which the information travelled, and the ability to message multiple targets at once so long as they're all listening in on the same frequency. Of course this convenience factor is what made radio so insecure, so high-profile users of the technology, or those that had secrets to hide, began to fervantly develop methods of encoding their information so that only their intended recipients could understand the incoming transmissions.Coded Escalation
This kicked off a veritable "arms race" of countries and organizations seeking out, hiring, or training the best and brightest to become master Codewriters -- all in order to defend themselves from the onslaught of brilliant individuals that have been sought out, hired, or trained by countries and organizations to become ultimate Codebreakers instead.Listen, I'd love to work for the government, but I'll have to decline. I've recieved a better offer elsewhere, in the private district, working as a Codebreaker instead.
Profession
Espionage
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Aw, poor codewriters/breakers out of a job. :(
It's okay, I'm sure (maybe only slightly sure) that most of them got jobs in other fields -- like writing really hard daily puzzles for newspapers around the world!