Top secret! Decrypting the world

Imagine a society without secrets. A kind of space-time where everything and everyone would be known. Possible? Desirable? The exhibition 'Top secret! Decrypting the world', presented in collaboration with UCL at the Mundaneum in Mons, addresses these questions. 'Top secret!' is a stroll through a magical place, a precursor to the Internet and Wikipedia: the Mundaneum. 'Top secret!' isn't only a deep incursion into the history of cryptography, it's a public exhibition that addresses Internet privacy, immerses the visitor into the depths of the dark net, and highlights Belgium's essential contributions: cryptographic methods, electronic voting, etc. The exhibition is also the opportunity to glimpse the research undertaken at UCL through the activity of the UCL Crypto Group. UCL is a pioneer in cryptography research , mainly through the UCL Crypto Group, created by Jean-Jacques Quisquater , a UCL professor emeritus and internationally renowned cryptographer (named an International Association for Cryptologic Research fellow, the field's highest honour, for major advances in cryptography and data protection).