great book, but . . .

[g3dken]

intro to XOR section only describes 3 of the 4 states. Later you explain 0+0=0 but should also do it here.

5.1 Description
Exclusive or, often called “XOR”, is a Boolean1 binary2 operator that is true when either the first input or the second input, but not both, are true.

[g3dken]

do NOT abuse "comprise". Generally people should used "compose(d)"

your book:
" Since we usually deal with values comprised of many bits, "

s/b "composed of many bits". Look up the definition. In essence:

comprise == "is composed of"

although there are a variety of subtle variations. This became big with the rise of Desktop Publishing in the 80's and now its expanding sphere of illiteracy in the blog-o-sphere. People want to sound more erudite, but abusing "comprise" achieves the opposite.

[g3dken]

I would substitute "deliver" for "realize" here. It's a subject/object directionality thing. "Realize" generally accrues to the subject whereas "deliver" generally accrues to the object, i.e. sender/receiver design pattern.

6“Snake oil” is a term for all sorts of dubious products that claim extraordinary benefits and features, but don’t really realize any of them.

[g3dken]

do you really intend using "plaintexts" in both places here? Seems like the first s/b "ciphertexts".

"The problem is that even the result of the XOR operation on two plaintexts contains quite a bit information about the plaintexts themselves."

[g3dken]

should be "cannot" not "can not"

"One-time pads pose a trade-off. It’s an algorithm with a solid information-theoretic security guarantee, which you can not get from any other system."