Cracking Enigma in 2021 - Computerphile
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An Enigma attack ranks candidate settings by how often pairs of letters coincide in the decoded text. Some correct settings leave a statistical trace. Short messages give chance repetitions much more influence.
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the probability that when you pick two letters at random they'll be the samefor short messages where these fitness functions start to break down