the spark

TELEGRAPH:
THE STORY OF ONE-TIME PAD STARTS WITH
TELEGRAPHIC CODE TO INSURE PRIVACY AND
SECRECY IN THE TRANSMISSION
CODEBOOKS WERE USED, TO COMPRESS
WORDS AND PHRASES INTO SHORT NUMBERCODES MAINLY TO REDUCE TELEGRAPH COSTS
OR LETTER-CODES. THESE CODEBOOKS
PROVIDED LITTLE OR NO SECURITY.

Motivation
Perfect Cryptography

three German cryptographers who were involved in

breakingdecrypted message realized that they could never be
broken if a separate randomly chosen additive number was used
for every code group.

The mean use was in war

Used by spies