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Cryptography may be considered a science in fieri; it is constantly evolving and being updated, in order to adapt to today's fast-changing scenarios. This paper underlines the coexistence of two different approaches to the theory of codes and protection of confidential information; the first and largely diffused approach emphasises technology (i.e. a scientific approach) and the second emphasises human perception (i.e. a cultural, allegorical, non-conventional approach). The two different approaches are gradually merging together to create a new integrated and fuzzy approach, which resembles those theories of systems and political science developed by Burt Kosko during the late 1990s to present. In order to accept the aforementioned fuzzy approach, we need to accept a specific definition of the word cryptography, here intended as the theory and technique used to create secret codes, either in written form (encryption) or in visual form/jargon (steganography).
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