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CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale
- OhioMan2943 1y agoI wish this wasn't the case so much, but I understand why. I just wish it was transferred more reliably to another custodian- even though a charity auction isn't the worst way.
- WarOnPrivacy 1y agohttps://archive.md/v2fvj https://archive.md/v2fvj
- WarOnPrivacy 1y agoThe secret of CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale. The final 97 characters of the encrypted sculpture at CIA headquarters have obsessed code breakers for decades. Artist Jim Sanborn will auction off the solution on his 80th birthday.
- 0points 1y agoThat's the paywalled SYNOPSIS. The article is behind paywall, see parent's link.
- Sniffnoy 1y agoLooks like the title transformer changed this one to a false statement.
- sllabres 1y agoYes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself
- bananapub 1y agoplease fix the title - the solution is for sale, the sculpture is not
- Dilettante_ 1y agoSomebody call Martin Shkreli!
- jmclnx 1y agoBit of info, non-paywalled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos
- ChrisArchitect 1y ago[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907366 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907366