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:The simplest sort [of code] and thereby impossible to break. The first ad told the person or persons concerned to carry out number seven or expect number seven or it said something about something designated as seven. This one says the same with respect to code item number ten. But the meaning of the numbers cannot be deduced through statistical analysis because the code can be changed long before a useful statistical universe can be reached. It's an idiot code... and an idiot code can never be broken if the user has the good sense not to go too often to the well.
 
Terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp said that the men who carried out the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, attacks]] on the United States used basic e-mail and what he calls "idiot code" to discuss their plans.<ref name="JihadOnline">Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/06/a3d6bec4-ace3-4592-a271-f3f9b9c912cd.html "Middle East: Islamic Militants Take Jihad To The Internet" By Jeffrey Donovan], 16 June 2004.</ref>
 
==Cryptanalysis of codes==