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pavel_lishin on Jan 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Don’t Smartphones Have A “Guest Mode”?

Actually, an actual example would be cutting out someone's tongue to prevent them from speaking.

(Obviously this only worked for illiterates.)

Karellen on Jan 6, 2012 [–]

That wouldn't be cryptography (hidden writing). It would be cryptology (hidden speech, from "logos" rather than "graphos") or alogy (lack of speech).

/pedant

(sorry)

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