Is This Encryption Just an Alphabet Shift?

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The discussion revolves around an attempt to decipher a specific encrypted message that humorously claims "yomamma is the coolest and funniest member and should win the PF funniest member award." Participants express skepticism about the encryption's complexity, suggesting it might involve a one-time pad, which would make it unsolvable. There is speculation about the possibility of a simpler, systematic encryption method, with one user noting the presence of repetitive symbols that could indicate an alphabet-shift approach. Despite attempts to decode the message by substituting symbols with vowels, no successful results have been achieved, leading to a consensus that without more information or a "secret decoder ring," the encryption remains challenging to crack.
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mszwt~HsjFs0xysysoFo4MCF4GInp~oE4sBnwMDEnCB0fBr0DCI0hoBytH~Duszw4wH0jwHsjF

Can anyone figure out this encryption?
 
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"yomamma is the coolest and funniest member and should win the PF funniest member award"
 
No, we can't. If could be anything because you could have used a one-time pad.

Now, maybe we could figure out what it's likely to be if you used some really bad encryption...
 
I spent some time on this, and I'd like to know the answer.
 
yomamma said:
"yomamma is the coolest and funniest member and should win the PF funniest member award"

That's what I got too, but why did you spell 'slowest' c-o-o-l-e-s-t? :smile:

sueanne, if you confirm that this is a systematical encryption, I will give it a go, otherwise, there is no hope of anyone solving it unless we steal your secret decoder ring :P
 
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There are clearly repetitive symbols, so I figure perhaps its just some alphabet-shift. I tried by displacing the most repeating symbols with vowels, but it still did not yield anything.
 
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