After the first few paragraphs, it's about Julian Assange while he was at Melbourne University, and a puzzle hunt that took place there in the early 2000s.
He either didn't have one, which is the most likely explanation or some of the leaks were supposed to be his insurance policy but the US Gov just didn't give in to his demands.
Can you share some information? Was it so creative, like Cicada 3301 games? In my opinion Cicada 3301 more similar to university quests, than to intellegence recruitment. You can also find some similarities with MIT Mystery Hunt: https://puzzles.mit.edu/articles/gamesarticle.html
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Nothing close to the scale of 3301 and/or as vague to what the end goal is. Here are "similar" things which come to mind: >NSA Codebreaker Challenge >DARPA's Network Challenge >Governments sponsoring cybersec CTF's
The only believable thing I've heard to date is that they're the remnants of the cypherpunk movement of the late 80s. Glowie recruitment is usually more public like Kryptos
I hosted similar challenges at my university to find like-minded individuals. It is very plausible this is what they are doing too.
Most of the new ARG's I have completed ended up with a job offer to a shitty tech startup I don't care for. Shame what has become of it.
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Mayby MIT mystery hunt is a predecessor of Cicada 3301. It is one of the oldest and most famous quests of that kind. Many quests in other places was inspared by MIT mystery hunt
The only believable thing I've heard to date is that they're the remnants of the cypherpunk movement of the late 80s. Glowie recruitment is usually more public like Kryptos
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
I think, Julian Assange is somehow related to cypherpunk movement
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Is this worth reading?
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
if you are interested in such topics, as freedom of internet, privacy, censorship and so on, I think so
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they open a thread on b?!
Or was it someone else that linked the website on b
I remember doing like the first puzzle that looked like sudoku, where you put in squares and it makes a qr code
Didn't do anything else after
the very first game in 2012 started from a picture on IQfy. It's wiki say, that it was placed in /x/ board, not b. https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/What_Happened_(2012)
It's blatantly fake.
>t. Completer of actual m15 test
Why?
tldr
After the first few paragraphs, it's about Julian Assange while he was at Melbourne University, and a puzzle hunt that took place there in the early 2000s.
No conclusion is presented.
What happened to julians insurancepolicy.txt file?
He either didn't have one, which is the most likely explanation or some of the leaks were supposed to be his insurance policy but the US Gov just didn't give in to his demands.
What type of conclusion you expect?
Don't care until I see a signed message from 3301.
Nice approach. But I doubt, that they will tell their story some day
I lean towards 3 letter agency recruitment, they have done similar before. Though I don't want to speculate too much.
Can you share some information? Was it so creative, like Cicada 3301 games? In my opinion Cicada 3301 more similar to university quests, than to intellegence recruitment. You can also find some similarities with MIT Mystery Hunt: https://puzzles.mit.edu/articles/gamesarticle.html
Nothing close to the scale of 3301 and/or as vague to what the end goal is. Here are "similar" things which come to mind:
>NSA Codebreaker Challenge
>DARPA's Network Challenge
>Governments sponsoring cybersec CTF's
I hosted similar challenges at my university to find like-minded individuals. It is very plausible this is what they are doing too.
Most of the new ARG's I have completed ended up with a job offer to a shitty tech startup I don't care for. Shame what has become of it.
Mayby MIT mystery hunt is a predecessor of Cicada 3301. It is one of the oldest and most famous quests of that kind. Many quests in other places was inspared by MIT mystery hunt
The only believable thing I've heard to date is that they're the remnants of the cypherpunk movement of the late 80s. Glowie recruitment is usually more public like Kryptos
I think, Julian Assange is somehow related to cypherpunk movement
Is this worth reading?
if you are interested in such topics, as freedom of internet, privacy, censorship and so on, I think so
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they open a thread on b?!
Or was it someone else that linked the website on b
I remember doing like the first puzzle that looked like sudoku, where you put in squares and it makes a qr code
Didn't do anything else after
the very first game in 2012 started from a picture on IQfy. It's wiki say, that it was placed in /x/ board, not b. https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/What_Happened_(2012)
either they also posted on /b/ or someone else reposted it there, because I saw it there. I never went to /x/
Everybody knows that all the geniuses are on /b/.
I just want to chime in that I don’t know nor give a frick about this