A Very Smart Phone

A Very Smart Phone

My boss sometimes sends coded messages to me using the encryption “app” on his new portable Enigma machine, or smartphone… 

 

His last phone had a similar scrambling feature but it was easier to decipher messages as it used the same number of letters that were originally entered; the cryptic messages from his new smartphone (fitted with a rather fetching leopard print case; so that he knows it’s his) pose a significantly more inscrutable challenge.

 

I have asked him if he really needs to send messages using the encryption “app”. He claims that it is simply the “predictive text” function which he says is very handy and saves a lot of time.

 

A typical example of an encoded message received:

“Trifle.” (that’s my code name I think) “Im going 2 b Katie.” (that must be his code name) “Pls phone brain at tortellini.” (A criminal mastermind working undercover at an Italian restaurant?) “Tell him our manoeuvring party 4 ths am will have 2b Carolina.” (Not entirely sure what this means, but something big is definitely going on) “Thnx” (I know that one).

 

I send a return message:

“Yes. Will do. What is his number?”

 

Message received:

“Its no access database” (great; mission impossible)

 

I reply:

“Well it’s going to be difficult to phone him in that case. What do you suggest?”

 

Message received:

“Trifle. Doughnut worry. Ill phone brain from good.” (I gather that my involvement in this dodgy mission is no longer required.)

 

When he returns to the office he is a little frosty with me; perhaps he feels that I know too much <gulp>.