The heart of intelligence operations is the ability to read someone else information without them knowing it. Codes have been used since ancient Egyptian times and code breakers have always been trying to exploit them. The Germans and Japanese thought they had unbreakable codes and that belief was a major factor in their defeat. Today the internet uses SECURE coding to provide its users some comfort in buying goods and sending information across the web. This presentation looks at some of the interesting stories about breaking codes and concealing the fact that you are doing just that.