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Concept 5 - Encrypted Message


This concept follows the learning of tactical media and how hacktivism and the ideology analogue methods can be used in todays society. I want to create my own personal encryption to be able to 'decode' and pass on secret messages. Encryption is something that has been successfully used for centuries and is a particularly useful form of communication to anyone who is under interrogation or under any surveillance. As well as this, it is used in day to day things such as bank passwords, security questions or over the phone with sensitive information. WhatsApp messages and iMessages are also something that should be kept private, therefore it should be encrypted to keep your personal messaged and data safe and there are options on mobile phones to have end-to-end encryption. 

 It is a hard task to be able to share a message with someone without it being detected however if you find an effective system, such as intimacy encryption, it will be applicable to almost every situation. Sharing memories and having details of specific things between you and the recipient have shared together will allow you to send a message with a code that cant be cracked. 

 The task was for me and another student to randomly select a word and try to communicate it in front of the class without anyone being able to intercept the message using private and personal details for each letter of the word.

 We was given the word PILOT:

P – The first letter of the pile of things I keep on my desk.
I – The second letter of your nickname. 
L – First letter of my number plate. 
O – Second letter of my work place.

T – The first letter of name of your dog.


 Jackob, M. (2001). History of Encryption. SANS Institute. [online] Available at: https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/vpns/history-encryption-730 [Accessed 10 Dec. 2018].

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