Examples of use of one-time pad
1. "If you have a one–time pad, the code can‘t be broken, and you can send out dummy broadcasts as much as you want to confuse your enemy." A "one–time pad" is the key to unlocking coded shortwave messages that the CIA calls "one–way voice link." It is low–risk because it‘s known only to the sender and the recipient and used just once before being destroyed, said retired CIA officer Tony Mendez.
2. Because she had destroyed all her secret radio codes against capture, Scotts contribution was to devise and signal to Amethyst a one–time pad encryption system based on her nominal crew list which was fortunately available at both ends.