What did Al-Kindi use to break ciphers?
Frequency Analysis
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Al-Kindi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in the 9th century. He is credited with being the first person to use frequency analysis to break ciphers. Frequency analysis is a method of cryptanalysis that relies on the fact that certain letters are more common than others in a given language.
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