British spy agency releases previously secret images of Colossus computer

Britain’s hush hush Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence and security organization has released new images never before made public of Colossus, the world’s first digital electronic computer, to mark its 80th anniversary.If there’s one thing that Britain’s intelligence agencies are notorious for, it’s their emphasis on secrecy. From For Your Eyes Only to destroy-all-evidence-and-pretend-it-never-happened, keeping things under wraps for up to a century is a matter of routine.

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