cryptographer
noun
cryp·tog·ra·pher
krip-ˈtä-grə-fər 
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems
c
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The reaction against the proposal was swift and definitive from researchers, cryptographers, privacy advocates, human rights groups, and companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
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Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 June 2021
Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, this thriller stars Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer who blackmails the agency into training him in order to hunt down the terrorists who killed his wife.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The algorithm, based on 2021 analysis of cryptographer Peter Schnorr, had been widely debunked two years earlier.
—Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Signal and WhatsApp automatically protect all their messages that way with Signal’s encryption, which cryptographers find among the best that are commercially available.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 June 2021
Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, this thriller stars Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer who blackmails the agency into training him in order to hunt down the terrorists who killed his wife.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The algorithm, based on 2021 analysis of cryptographer Peter Schnorr, had been widely debunked two years earlier.
—Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
Signal and WhatsApp automatically protect all their messages that way with Signal’s encryption, which cryptographers find among the best that are commercially available.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.
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