Spartan Scytale Cipher: An ancient encryption tool used by the Spartans where a strip of parchment or leather is wound around a rod of a specific diameter to write a message. When unwound, the letters do not align, and the message appears garbled. The recipient, who has a rod of the same diameter, can read the message by winding the strip around the rod. It’s an early example of a transposition cipher.
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