The 2014 “unsolved” Cicada 3301 puzzle. I’ve lurked in the solvers discord for years and watch as new, excited solvers posit theories that the old heads immediately shoot down without a second thought. The sentiment seems to be “yeah, we already tried something like that, or if we haven’t, it’s cause we didn’t think it…
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For a while, I had been toying with creating a messaging platform that utilized steganography to help obfuscate (read: security through obscurity–yeah, yeah, I know…) the messages being sent. Steganography has been used in various forms for thousands of years. Recently though, digital steganography has become more and more prevalent. Everything from malware to corporate…
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When I first read about Pala’s theory on music hidden in the Leonardo da Vinci painting, “The Last Supper”, the hands and bread rolls were only mentioned. This struck me as odd, especially when Pala’s reasoning for choosing the bread and hands were revealed. Let’s take a step back real quick and talk about what…
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