How much time has to pass before an [admittedly fascinating] walkthrough such as this isn't a legitimate spoiler?
None. If you’re solving the darknet riddle on your own, you won’t click through into the article; the title’s a spoiler warning.
Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
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Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cicada was/is a cypherpunk recruitment effort.
I was going to dispute your assertion, but instead ended up confirming it: https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/The_Leaked_Email Apparently the email I was thinking of where they describe their goals is, in fact, PGP-signed. Still, quite ARG-like.
Ah man, one childhood mystery I wish I didn't know the answer to.
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#23That Russian word had a useful information. It means "contrast", and that obviously implies "Increase the contrast to reveal the secret message".
It also reads KONTRAST, you don't even need a dictionary or google translate ;)
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#24> The ‘get‘ word was chosen purposely and it referred to a http GET request. This never would have occurred to me. What can one do for their brain to make this kind of lateral leap? Seems like it would be helpful in the debugging and comedy parts of my life.
This was the only obvious one to me. But I'm only a simple webdev, so that might explain it.
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#25The "riffle shuffle" (dovetail) is presumably taken to be deterministic? I take the shuffling of a card-deck to be non-deterministic; but what do I know, I don't hang around in casinos or with card-sharps.
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#26The "riffle shuffle" (dovetail) is presumably taken to be deterministic? I take the shuffling of a card-deck to be non-deterministic; but what do I know, I don't hang around in casinos or with card-sharps.
A good card shuffler can absolutely deterministically shuffle a deck of cards by making sure the shuffle alternates cards perfectly. Do this a few times and you get back to the original order.
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#27The "riffle shuffle" (dovetail) is presumably taken to be deterministic? I take the shuffling of a card-deck to be non-deterministic; but what do I know, I don't hang around in casinos or with card-sharps.
A good card shuffler can absolutely deterministically shuffle a deck of cards by making sure the shuffle alternates cards perfectly. Do this a few times and you get back to the original order.
Yeah, I get that; I wouldn't bet on a riffle-shuffle if it wasn't augmented by (a) my cut, and (b) an alternative shuffle. But I regard determinstically shuffling as cheating.
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was going to dispute your assertion, but instead ended up confirming it: https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/The_Leaked_Email Apparently the email I was thinking of where they describe their goals is, in fact, PGP-signed. Still, quite ARG-like.
Ah man, one childhood mystery I wish I didn't know the answer to.
Well if it makes you feel any better, Liber Primus isn't anywhere near solved yet, so, if you get the bug, you can certainly take a stab at it.
Or if you're looking to get into the CIA, get into airforce intel, do well, and behave yourself, and you too can file paperwork for the most illustrious of spy agencies.
Re: Solving the darknet riddle (2022)
#29My mom bought me a simple puzzle game subscription called "Finders Seekers". The puzzles are much, much simpler than this but still give you a great "that was clever" feeling. I will be playing the next installment with her next weekend. If you like the escape room board games you should check it out. I also heard "Box One" is good and we'll pick that up in a couple months.
I super don't mean to be rude if you truly enjoy this game but this sounds a lot like a youtube-esque product placement
Sorry you perceived it as an insincere ad.