[cycrutchfield]

Does cryptographic imply decentralized?

[gruez]

No, but I think you'll agree that saying tears in a piece of paper "cryptography" is a stretch. It's not cryptography in the same way that a stamp or wax seal isn't cryptography, unless your definition of cryptography is "any method to protect the confidentiality and integrity of a document".

[cycrutchfield]

Do you consider ThreeBallot to be an example of cryptography? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThreeBallot

[gitgud]

Cryptographic implies math is used, which doesn't seem to be the case here.

[throwthro1029]

The word is much older than that.

> 1650s, "art of writing in secret characters"

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cryptography

[cycrutchfield]

That’s a rather restrictive definition of cryptography, don’t you think?

[gitgud]

Well yes strictly speaking it's not just math, but usually it does imply math.

What are some examples of cryptography without math of some kind?

[arpa]

Character substitution comes to mind, as described in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Dancing...