* ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'': Underlanders of all species have a system similar to Morse code to send messages. The plot of ''Gregor and the Code of Claw'' revolves around breaking the titular code in which the gnawers write theirs.
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** OlderThanTheyThink: in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI previous war]], Italian communications were handled in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language Sardinian Language]] (''Sardu''): regarded by many scholars to be the living language closest to Classical Latin, it is not an Italian dialect nor by any means related to Italian. In Italy, it is notoriously known for its difficulty to be actually understood by anyone not speaking it (that is, Italians and many Sardinians themselves, being and endangered language), unless spoken ''very'' slowly. And to be sure it couldn't be understood, the code-talkers weren't Italians speaking the literary version of Sardinian (that ''may'' have been understood), but actual Sardinians speaking their native dialects (which, even though they are all pretty much mutually intelligible, vary greatly the pronunciation of words).
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** OlderThanTheyThink: in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI previous war]], Italian communications were handled in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language Sardinian Language]] (''Sardu''): regarded by many scholars to be the living language closest to Classical Latin, it is not an Italian dialect nor by any means related to Italian. In Italy, it is notoriously known for its difficulty to be actually understood by anyone not speaking it (that is, Italians and many Sardinians themselves, being and an endangered language), unless spoken ''very'' slowly. And to be sure it couldn't be understood, the code-talkers weren't Italians speaking the literary version of Sardinian (that ''may'' have been understood), but actual Sardinians speaking their native dialects (which, even though they are all pretty much mutually intelligible, vary greatly the pronunciation of words).
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* In the 1982 film ''Film/{{Enigma|1982}}'', Creator/MartinSheen plays a CIA agent who must steal a Soviet scrambler from East Berlin. The CIA already have one- this is just a BatmanGambit to convince the Soviets they don't.
* The main reason for wanting to attack the titular submarine in ''Film/{{U571}}'' was to capture the submarine's enigma machine.
* The main reason for wanting to attack the titular submarine in ''Film/{{U571}}'' was to capture the submarine's enigma machine.
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* In the 1982 film ''Film/{{Enigma|1982}}'', Creator/MartinSheen plays a dissident recruited by the CIA agent who must to steal a Soviet scrambler from East Berlin. The He doesn't know that the CIA already have one- one; this is just a BatmanGambit to convince the Soviets they don't.
* The main reason for wanting to attack the titular submarine in ''Film/{{U571}}'' was to capture the submarine'senigma Enigma machine.
* The main reason for wanting to attack the titular submarine in ''Film/{{U571}}'' was to capture the submarine's
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* In ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' (originally a novel), Literature/JamesBond must collect a Soviet defector from Turkey, who is bringing a cipher machine with her. He has to start a fire in the embassy to cover up the theft.
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* In ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' (originally a novel), ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'', Literature/JamesBond must collect a Soviet defector from Turkey, who is bringing a cipher machine with her. He has to start a fire in the embassy to cover up the theft.
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This of course leads to problems -- [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow what if they know you know]]? They'll change their codes. Therefore, you must be very careful- you can't, for example, just attack a ship because you know it's going somewhere- the other side might work out that the only way you would know is if you are...
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This of course leads to problems -- [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow what if they know you know]]? They'll change their codes.codes, or perhaps send [[BluffTheEavesdropper misleading messages]] they ''want'' you to intercept. Therefore, you must be very careful- you can't, for example, just attack a ship because you know it's going somewhere- the other side might work out that the only way you would know is if you are...
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* In the 1983 film ''Film/{{Enigma}}'', Martin Sheen plays a CIA agent who must steal a Soviet scrambler from East Berlin. The CIA already have one- this is just a BatmanGambit to convince the Soviets they don't.
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* In the 1983 1982 film ''Film/{{Enigma}}'', Martin Sheen ''Film/{{Enigma|1982}}'', Creator/MartinSheen plays a CIA agent who must steal a Soviet scrambler from East Berlin. The CIA already have one- this is just a BatmanGambit to convince the Soviets they don't.
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* The Tsar's SecretPolice the ''okhranka'' had their own "black cabinet" where operatives steamed open envelopes and cracked revolutionary codes (some of their techniques would be passed onto the Soviet secret police). As they also put surveillance on the regular police, some police chiefs took to writing letters containing flattering comments about their bosses in the hope of it leaking back to them via the ''okhranka''. When Durnovó became interior minister in late 1905, he found a copy of an intercepted letter he had written [[RussianReversal instructing that his own mail should not be read]].
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* The Tsar's SecretPolice the ''okhranka'' had their own "black cabinet" where operatives steamed open envelopes and cracked revolutionary codes (some of their techniques would be passed onto the Soviet secret police). As they also put surveillance on the regular police, some police chiefs took to writing letters containing flattering comments about their bosses in the hope of it leaking back to them via the ''okhranka''. When Durnovó Pyotr Durnovo became interior minister in late 1905, he found a copy of an intercepted letter he had written [[RussianReversal instructing that his own mail should not be read]].
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* The Tsar's SecretPolice the okhranka had their own ''black cabinet'' where operatives steamed open envelopes and cracked revolutionary codes (some of their techniques would be passed onto the predecessors of the KGB). As they also put surveillance on the regular police, some police chiefs took to writing letters containing flattering comments about their bosses in the hope of it leaking back to them via the okhranka. When Durnovó became interior minister in late 1905, he found a copy of an intercepted letter he had written [[RussianReversal instructing that his own mail should not be read]].
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* The Tsar's SecretPolice the okhranka ''okhranka'' had their own ''black cabinet'' "black cabinet" where operatives steamed open envelopes and cracked revolutionary codes (some of their techniques would be passed onto the predecessors of the KGB). Soviet secret police). As they also put surveillance on the regular police, some police chiefs took to writing letters containing flattering comments about their bosses in the hope of it leaking back to them via the okhranka.''okhranka''. When Durnovó became interior minister in late 1905, he found a copy of an intercepted letter he had written [[RussianReversal instructing that his own mail should not be read]].
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* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Episodes like "Seek-Locate-Destroy" and "Killer" involved the theft of a component that would allow Blake to crack Federation codes, no doubt inspired by the revelation just a few years previously about the war-winning importance of ULTRA (see Real Life). Later the rebels would get hold of a MagicalComputer called Orac who could do this as a matter of course.
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* The Tsar's SecretPolice the okhranka had their own ''black cabinet'' where operatives steamed open envelopes and cracked revolutionary codes (some of their techniques would be passed onto the predecessors of the KGB). As they also put surveillance on the regular police, some police chiefs took to writing letters containing flattering comments about their bosses in the hope of it leaking back to them via the okhranka. When Durnovó became interior minister in late 1905, he found a copy of an intercepted letter he had written [[RussianReversal instructing that his own mail should not be read]].
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* ''Series/ChariteAtWar'': Professor Jung, a French medic who's conscripted to serve in a Berlin hospital in NaziGermany, is not happy that his letters to and from home are controlled by censorship. It's not just enemy's mail, though -- Otto is a German soldier, but he has to be careful with what he writes, too.
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* ''Series/ChariteAtWar'': Professor Jung, a French medic who's conscripted to serve in a Berlin hospital in NaziGermany, UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, is not happy that his letters to and from home are controlled by censorship. It's not just enemy's mail, though -- Otto is a German soldier, but he has to be careful with what he writes, too.
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* ''Series/ChariteAtWar'': Professor Jung, a French medic who's conscripted to serve in a Berlin hospital in NaziGermany, is not happy that his letters to and from home are controlled by censorship. It's not just enemy's mail, though -- Otto is a German soldier, but he has to be careful with what he writes, too.
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** In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', the Ankh-Morporkian representatives have the advantage of the City Watch Airborne Section, namely gnome Constable Buggy Swires and his buzzard, which lets them intercept [[InstantMessengerPigeon messenger pigeons]]. Although not from the Borogravians, who disapprove of advanced communication technology, but from their own side's press.
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** In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', the Ankh-Morporkian representatives have the advantage of the City Watch Airborne Section, namely gnome Constable Buggy Swires and his buzzard, which lets them intercept [[InstantMessengerPigeon messenger pigeons]]. Although not from the Borogravians, who disapprove of advanced communication technology, but from their own side's press.
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* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Played with. The wolves of the Packlands check incoming and outgoing mail at the borders, but it's less to read the contents and more to check for potential hazards, such as [[YouGotMurder explosive or poisoned letters]].
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* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Played with. The wolves of the Packlands check incoming and outgoing mail at the borders, but it's less to read the contents and more to check for potential hazards, such as [[YouGotMurder explosive or poisoned letters]]. In chapter 25, Twilight does get one past this security measure, but that's because Wise-Mind marked it with his seal to let it go past.
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* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Played with. The wolves of the Packlands check incoming and outgoing mail at the borders, but it's less to read the contents and more to check for potential hazards, such as [[YouGotMurder explosive or poisoned letters]].
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* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Played with. The wolves of the Packlands check incoming and outgoing mail at the borders, but it's less to read the contents and more to check for potential hazards, such as [[YouGotMurder explosive or poisoned letters]].
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* For a non-wartime example, many sports teams use coded communications to coordinate their strategy on the field. Baseball has hand signals, American football uses code names for plays, etc. So what if the opposing team could get ahold of those codes? Well, they might win for a while, maybe even going as far as the league championship, but if their cheating is ever found out it would kick off a scandal and result in heavy penalties, as the Houston Astros [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal found out the hard way]].
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* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. In Paris, Alter is seen going through the mail to find the last "[[IncrediblyLamePun male]]".
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* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. In Paris, Alter is seen going through the mail to find the last "[[IncrediblyLamePun "[[VisualPun male]]".
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