More specifically, their everyday intrusion into people’s private lives. This software was created by a former NSA employee, Ensei Tankado, who was outraged by what he thought to be corruption, injustice and abuse of power in the NSA. It turns out that Digital Fortress is actually unbreakable encryption software that, if released to the public, would be able to encode any digital message or data, effectively protecting it from any unwelcome “snooping” done by say the NSA. “ Who will guard the guards?” The premise of this book is interesting enough: the National Security Agency’s top code breaking machine, the massive and multimillion dollar TRANSLTR, encounters a code it cannot break, called Digital Fortress. Top US intelligence boffin solves a seven-letter anagram and helps save the world.Snowden on steroids - Digital Fortress is an exciting and wild ride through the NSA and the controversial issues of privacy, but past the plotline, the writing falls short 'Saved with only seconds to spare,' said the NSA head. 'The code must be a prime number.' She stared at images of Tankado's three fingers. 'We've got two minutes to save the world,' she said.

He had no regrets about telling the assassin to kill David. 'He killed the security officer.' But no one believed him and he died a nasty death. But I've failed and now all America's secrets are going to be available online unless we get this code.' I was trying to add a mutation that would allow us to read every secret in the world. She looked up to see Greg Hales kill a security officer. Of course, she thought, they're anagrams of one another. Susan's superfast decryption programme suggested Tankado and NDAKOTA had the same email. 'Because this book was published in the US in 1998 and it's only getting an outing in the UK to cash in on The Da Vinci Code.' 'TRANSLTR has already saved America from two terrorist attacks,' she replied. 'It's not right we should be able to spy on ordinary Americans,' he said. Greg Hales entered the NSA inner sanctum. Worse still, the ring was a red herring: there was no code. Now Tankado was dead, the businessman and the prostitute who had taken the ring were dead, the American punk who had bought the ring off the prostitute was dead, and the assassin was after him. He hadn't told Susan that Strathmore had sent him to Spain to get the code from Tankado's ring. I need you to trace his untraceable email address.'ĭavid was having a bad day. He has a partner called NDAKOTA who has the pass code. 'Our ex-employee Tankado has created an algorithmal code TRANSLTR can't decipher. Fewer still have heard of TRANSLTR, the world's most powerful computer, buried deep underground in NSA headquarters.

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown