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Basic XOR encryption can be easily deciphered using the XOR operation again.
Assuming that the plain text message is XORed with a key, if we XOR the encrypted message with the same key again, we'll get the plain text message back.
For example, if the encrypted message is "1101" and the key used for encryption is "1010", we can decipher it as follows:
Encrypted message: 1101 Key used: 1010 XOR output: 0111
Now, if we XOR the output with the same key again, we'll get the original message back:
XOR output: 0111 Key used: 1010 Deciphered text: 1101
So, the method for deciphering basic XOR encryption is to XOR the encrypted message with the same key again to get the plain text message.