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My solution is a bit of work, but it was rewarding when I did it. I was looking to start learning another language, so I started journal. After about 4 months of 45 minutes a day, I was able to write in a pretty obscure language (in this case Irish) and I had the perfect encryption for my journal.

Google translate is very poor for Irish and since only ~250,000 in the world speak/read it well enough to translate and 90% of those people are on an island it works quite well.



That's not encryption at all.


Encryption is defined as:

"the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it."

It may not be a secure form of encryption, but it is a form of encryption.

It would be pretty effective against the random passer by, and standard law enforcement would probably not be able to identify the language.

Plus, virtually any encryption a user has can be broken given time and processing power. By hand writing everything in another obscure language, without many native speakers you gain plausible deniability. If he/she manages to get on a list, he/she could claim issues with translation (either by him/her or by the translator).


If by "authorized parties" you mean anyone who speaks Irish, then yes. This is security by obscurity.


How did you start learning Irish? There are not many resources online...


The Irish government has a lot of resources:

[1] NEWS: http://www.tg4.ie/

[2] Rosetta Stone: http://www.rosettastone.com/learn-irish

[3] Folclóir Póca (pocket dictionary)

[4] Learning Irish by Mícheál ó Siadhail

Now they also have it on Duolingo


Go maith ar fad




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