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A visualizer of the Jump the Five encryption from the HBO series "The Wire"
https://github.com/codingshot/the-wire-encryption

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A visualizer of the Jump the Five encryption from the HBO series "The Wire"

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# The Wire Encryption
https://codingshot.github.io/the-wire-encryption/

### AKA "Jump the Five"

From the HBO Series "The Wire" where street dealers using a simple encryption technique where they jump over the five in order to decrypt phone numbers they use to communicate to each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBlq45c1T4

## A visualizer of the "Jump the Five" encryption.
Given its popularity in media, its practical implementation, and level of ease comparable to a monoalphabetic substituion cipher, I have decided to program one of the only visualizations of this encryption technique.

![image](https://i.groupme.com/532x379.png.e718238825984b37bb63ab1185f1779f.large)