For £70,000, You Might Be Able to Own an Enigma

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 12, 2015 @06:34PM from the buy-a-riddle-to-wrap-it-in dept.

In 2007, we mentioned the eBay sale of an Enigma machine; now, The Guardian reports that another one is to be auctioned off next week, with an expected selling price of about £70,000 (at this writing, that's about $108,000). According to the article, "The machine being offered for sale, which dates from 1943 and currently belongs to a European museum, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday." The new owner may have need of a restoration manual and some reproduction batteries.

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Don't buy it! by BitterOak · 2015-07-12 19:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't buy this. It's all part of a GCHQ conspiracy to foist weak encryption on the populace. The Enigma has been cracked. I repeat, the Enigma HAS been cracked! You have been warned.

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Just one? by davstok · 2015-07-12 19:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't you need two?