Alan Turing’s Remarkable, Nearly-Forgotten Voice Encryption Device

According to Hackaday, Alan Turing's Delilah stands as a hidden pioneer in the history of digital cryptography. Developed in secret during World War Two, it was among the earliest attempts to digitally encrypt voice communications. For decades after the war, this remarkable achievement faded into obscurity, overshadowed by other wartime breakthroughs. Recent scholarship has brought renewed attention to Turing's work, revealing a largely forgotten chapter in the origins of modern encryption.

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