Tool for translating messages encoded with birds on a wire, automatic translation (encryption and decryption).
Birds on a Wire Cipher - dCode
Tag(s) : Symbol Substitution
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Birds on a Wire Cipher
Birds on a Wire Decoder
Birds on a Wire Encoder
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
How to encrypt using Birds on a Wire cipher?
The encryption composed of birds represented as perched on an electric wire is in fact an alphabet of substitution by drawings (of the birds). Each bird represents a letter of the Latin alphabet (26 letters from A to Z) according to the correspondence:
| A | .png) | B | .png) | C | .png) | D | .png) | E | .png) | F | .png) | G | .png) |
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| H | .png) | I | .png) | J | .png) | K | .png) | L | .png) | M | .png) | N | .png) |
| O | .png) | P | .png) | Q | .png) | R | .png) | S | .png) | T | .png) | U | .png) |
| V | .png) | W | .png) | X | .png) | Y | .png) | Z | .png) | ||||
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Put end to end (side by side) the birds seem quietly placed on a taut rope, which brings this cipher closer to a steganographic process.
Example: DCODE is written
How to decrypt Birds on a Wire cipher?
The decryption of Birds on a Wire is carried out by substitution / replacement of each bird by the letter corresponding to it.
Example: is translated SWALLOW
How to recognize a Birds on a Wire ciphertext?
As the name suggests the birds on a wire are represented by images of birds on a line, a cable, a rope and adopting different postures.
All references to birds (swallows, chickadees, pigeons, etc.) are clues.
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