How did the Enigma Machine work?

Jared Owen

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Used during WWII to encrypt messages - come see inside and how it works! Watch more animations👇 https://youtu.be/f94CnlQ0eq4 https://youtu.be/Iod6uwUGM2E?si=0Mzpt0ZyxN4quf_d https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgVMn8k8t5JN_cDsQAQWFjjOalJcVDSjL Go to https://brilliant.org/jaredowen to sign up for free. Support these videos: https://www.patreon.com/jaredowenanimations Thanks to the Dan Perera for his help creating this animation. His website: www.EnigmaMuseum.org 💻Follow me on social media: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JaredOwenAnimations Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/JaredOwen3d Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JaredOwenAnimations Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaredOwen3d Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jaredowenanimations This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner of the video). Try dubbing your videos with AI: https://dittodub.com/a/jaredowen Further reading on a some things that I couldn't include in the video: -Changes/improvements to the Enigma Machine: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Models) -The number of possible enigma settings is 10^23 (https://ciphermachines.com/enigma) -How the machine was broken by the allies: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma) -The bombe machine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe) -Alan Turing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing) -Breaking of Enigma was classified until the 1970s (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/spies/ciphers/enigma/default.htm) 🌐Sources: https://youtu.be/ASfAPOiq_eQ - The Enigma Machine Explained (World Science Festival) https://youtu.be/QwQVMqfoB2E - How the Enigma machine works https://youtu.be/TYX691q2J2c - Imitation Game: how did the Enigma machine work? https://youtu.be/mcX7iO_XCFA - The Inner Workings of an Enigma Machine https://youtu.be/G2_Q9FoD-oQ - Enigma Machine (Numberphile) https://youtu.be/V4V2bpZlqx8 - Flaw in the Enigma Code (Numberphile) https://youtu.be/lsv_Li2FXzw - Enigma Cipher Machine History | Ralph Simpson | Talks at Google http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/enigmatech.htm https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/working.htm https://brilliant.org/wiki/enigma-machine/ https://ciphermachines.com/enigma 🟠This animation was made with Blender 2.93 - then I rendered it with Blender 3.0(Cycles Render) www.blender.org 🎵Music (soundstripe.com): "Swan" by Enoch Yang "A New Horizon" by Cloud Wave "Dawning Sprite" by Lincoln Davis I purchased a 3D model of the Enigma Machine for this video (I then had to create most of the inside): https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/max-enigma-cipher-machine/928029 🎧Here is some of the gear that I use for animation: Graphics Card: GTX 1080ti https://amzn.to/3gVoM1J CPU: i7-8700k https://amzn.to/2TWgbnw Motherboard: Asus Prim Z370-A https://amzn.to/2t4EVth​​ Microphone: Samson Go Mic https://amzn.to/3vPFXqM Mouse: Logitech G600 https://amzn.to/3gTqCSd Chair: Staples Gaming Chair https://amzn.to/31hNgKS