cryptographer
noun
cryp·tog·ra·pher
krip-ˈtä-grə-fər 
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems
c
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The matrix permanent problem also has other special mathematical properties that cryptographers find appealing.
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025
But the two cryptographers showed that one-way puzzles combined with other quantum trickery would actually enable many cryptographic protocols.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025
Instead of getting cancelled, however, The Escape Game is green-lit for another season with all new contestants, including a cryptographer, a math genius, a determined game master and Alicia’s sister, who many believe to be the murderer.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 25 June 2025
For decades now, cryptographers have known that the same problems are trivial to solve with a sufficiently large quantum computer.
—ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025
But the two cryptographers showed that one-way puzzles combined with other quantum trickery would actually enable many cryptographic protocols.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025
Instead of getting cancelled, however, The Escape Game is green-lit for another season with all new contestants, including a cryptographer, a math genius, a determined game master and Alicia’s sister, who many believe to be the murderer.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 25 June 2025
For decades now, cryptographers have known that the same problems are trivial to solve with a sufficiently large quantum computer.
—ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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