Just like "The End of Mr. Y", this story grabs you along for a fun and wonderful ride. Particularly the first half of it is filled to the top with anecdotes and information without the author trying to show off, making you want to read/watch/learn all of the things she mentions.
Powerful writing.
But, in contrast with "...Mr. Y" the ending of this story is a bit of a let-down. Not exactly deus ex machine, but the rabbit-out-of-the-hat feeling is nagging somewhere at the back of my mind.
What she manages though, is to nag you a little, just enough to make you wonder whether any of what she wrote, might actually be true. What helps are the numerous correct references to existing cryptographic ideas and methods, and the self-referencing of the story is not bad by itself... but somehow, "too sudden"
Still, a wonderful read when you don't want anything difficult.
