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		AndrewOMartin 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 The Hut 6 Story, goes into enough detail that Gordon Welchman (Simply put, Turing's boss) lost his security clearance. If you care about the human side, but are keen to take on the details there's no better book possible.

louthy 6 days ago [–]

Another vote for The Hut Six Story.

The title includes ‘Six’ not ‘6’ (not that it should trip up a search algo, but you never know)

mprovost 6 days ago | [–]

Apparently some computers still aren't able to crack the simplest encryption schemes.

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