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If this is an I phone photo, isn't the location embeded in the photo? I don't know how to retrieve it.
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Looked it up and this photo has no EXIF data attached to it.
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Looked it up and this photo has no EXIF data attached to it.
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JRP3
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Seems to me the requirement to go to a physical location would leave most of us unable to participate, so I think it unlikely.
PureAmps
Model S P85 (#2817)
So like TEG, I was privately contacted a few days back and asked to remove one of my posts. In exchange, I was supposed to be given a hint, but haven't heard a peep since (hey Nick, I'm waiting...).
A few thoughts about this:
I was contacted directly at my personal email address using my real name, and not via a PM. The person would have to know my personal email add, but I did use it earlier by sending it to the [email protected] address and the nobiker address. I was asked to delete a post, but a moderator could easily delete a post. Hmmm....
If I don't hear from Nick soon, I'll post a redacted version of the email I received. Maybe it contained a clue that I missed.
A few thoughts about this:
I was contacted directly at my personal email address using my real name, and not via a PM. The person would have to know my personal email add, but I did use it earlier by sending it to the [email protected] address and the nobiker address. I was asked to delete a post, but a moderator could easily delete a post. Hmmm....
If I don't hear from Nick soon, I'll post a redacted version of the email I received. Maybe it contained a clue that I missed.
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<TDPAB="DRRA://RFKYAFS.SMJ?PAB=257G3E8" RTPCAR="_EJTKH"><FJCQPS="DRRA://F46.RFKYAFS.SMJ/257G3E8.GAC" EMPLAP="0" TJR="FITCATRLVFLAMDMQRFKCEYRFKYAFS"></T>
I don't know what that's supposed to mean. However, notice that "DRRA://" probably means "HTTP://" which means the letters in the code correspond to different letters.
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Well, the timing was right on queue with the 9 browns getting posted, so maybe we hit "pay dirt" with that.
On the other hand, it is just starting a new week so we could be getting an automatic clue update as well.
PureAmps
Model S P85 (#2817)
It looks like it's encoded. So D => H, R => T, A => P.
.SMJ must be a domain name like .com, .net, etc.
I would assume other would be:
<A HREF=
<IMGSRC=
etc.
Hopefully it is straight character substitution.
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I think we might be able to use this to decode it:
Practical Cryptography
I am working on it.
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Partially decrypted so far:
<ahref="http://tinypic.com?rpf=257j3b8" target="_blank"><imgsrc="http://i46.tinypic.com/257j3b8.jpg" border="0" alt="imageandvideohostingbytinypic"></a>
I never got the cipher to decrypt perfectly using this quick key: "PFGHBIJKMLNDORNRSTCARVVIYZ"
It seems like maybe there are intentional typos to make it a bit harder. Like the P vs E inconsistency.
Anyways it was good enough to get close enough to do some minor touch-ups by hand.
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If A > P then it can't be A HREF. Edit: unless that's a typo in the code...
However I'm betting .GAC is .JPG
However I'm betting .GAC is .JPG
PureAmps
Model S P85 (#2817)
Looks like the alt tag is not relevant, and link tag just points to same image.
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I think I got the whole thing decoded (see previous posting a few back).
It seems that numbers and punctuation weren't encrypted.
Also, spaces were removed...
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@TEG
I think you were on the right track.
I was getting pretty close to what you got, with this cypher key...
TESLAbcdfghijkmnopqruvwyxz
...which looks strikingly similar to the example "zebra..." cypher key on that very page.
Enter the key, the cipher text in the ciphertext box, and click decrypt.
It appears it's a "multiple decoding" cypher (I don't know what that's really called) like the letters on telephone digits. If you look at the "wrong" characters relative to your URL, it appears that some of the input characters fold to the same encoded character -- hence the "corruption".
More specifically, the set {e,l,p,x,y} have output collisions in the way it's encoded.
