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SCI & TECH● LOW1h ago · Sep 15, 2026, 10:16 AM

On the NSA’s Supercomputer from the 1960s

Schneier · north america

Really interesting story about Harvest, a specialized code breaking computer built in the 1960s by IBM for the NSA.

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