The little-known story of Alan Turing’s top-secret ‘Delilah’ project
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Alan Turing's secret wartime project, Delilah, was a portable voice encryption system developed at Hanslope Park from 1943-1945. It sampled audio, added a pseudorandom key, and transmitted encrypted speech. Weighing 39 kg, it proved secure voice communication could be portable. Recently auctioned documents, including Turing's lab notes and circuit diagrams, reveal his skills as a hands-on electrical engineer. This work expands our understanding of Turing's diverse talents beyond codebreaking and computer science.
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