+benalexe Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 What is the purpose of the encryption section of the cache listing. I am especially confused because I can easily hit the decode button and read the code. Can someone please explain this to me? Quote Link to comment
+PurpHaze Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 What is the purpose of the encryption section of the cache listing. I am especially confused because I can easily hit the decode button and read the code. Can someone please explain this to me? Don't know what the official explanation is but some cachers prefer to go "stone cold" without any hints or other spoilers contained on the log page. Some cachers use paperless caching and programs that automatically decrypt encrypted hints and other things... some prefer to use paper and decrypt while on the trail. Many reasons for/against encrypting. Some cachers will go through a "step-up process" where they use no encrypted info to start with, proceed to decrypting the encrypted information and then on to reading past logs for little clues to a cache's information. Guess it all depends on what one wishes to accomplish with a certain cache. Quote Link to comment
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