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GuyIncognito
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themandotcom wrote:
djsampson wrote:
I just had a thought since we recieved an email from foo (thanks naknak) he mentions MONTREAL well none of us know who he is so I thought I would send an e-mail to Brackin to see if he knows who MONTREAL is. I will post as soon as I get a responce.


Great idea DJ! When I first heard about that I thought he was some uF player or something. But could it be possible that it is a single player, not on uF.

On another note, since I *hope* that we all are on Brackin's side, we have to figure out what Foo is hiding and how, that is our job. Remember the IG/OOG rules ect. But from what we can get, does anyone know of any kind of thing that Foo is hiding??

I thought it was pretty much agreed that our friend KGBrAm is Montreal...? Though I don't know who could possibly/legitimately know that IG... Confused

I'm still very much rooting for Team Neutral and reconciliation between the two factions and the people behind them - Foo & Brackin. (Like others, I'll send an eMail to that effect to both of them during the weekend.) Both IG and OOG, I don't feel like taking sides on this...at least not yet.

IG, if this was real, I wouldn't just decide to support any one person I don't know anything about...this concerns my future as well! What foundation does anybody have to tell us what to think or do about it?
OOG, I find the mechanics of all this a bit confusing...I prefer a free flow of information & cooperation.

So...Team Neutral, assemble!

PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:23 pm
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From Brackin:

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The others wouldn't talk but apparenty Phil is staying on to work for them and is going to manage what's left of the office during the transition phase.

He confirmed for me that there have been huge bursts of data coming down the pipeline each morning - but they are having difficulty decoding or unzipping it into anything meaningful. He is endangering himself by telling me these things, but he did it to try to encourage me back onto the program - apparently there is an opening in QA. I said no. I'm enjoying letting my beard grow out, and I can live with never being "DR" Brackin - it just isn't worth the fight. What I want is my technology back.

The company is operating in blackout mode - Even phil doesn't have access to the name - his paychecks are being sent through one of the big banks, but the thing that stuck in my head - the thing I overheard during the sign-over were the words "Defense Core". I don't know what that means. Any way you could find out?


He said "Defense Core" not "defendcorp"

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And Foo has just become 10 times more suspicious.

Keep Defensecore in mind and go see the video on foo's blog.
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Keep Defensecore in mind and go see the video on foo's blog


What do you mean Ark?

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Right, my new email to Brackin, I don't know if it is anything new to him, but I dropped the backdoor on him. Loads is happenening on Foo's side and it's a bit of a stand still over here, I still Support Brackin and any Information I shared could have easily come to me, had I gained the trust of foo...

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Yes, I head the same news! Foo could be the Fujimoto from the future! We need to stop his feed into your data.

Looking back over past rondevouz with Foo, I can only find reference to him saying 'using the back door I programmed into MY spectroanalysis code.'

I cannot say anymore than exactly what is said there, but it must be around somewhere! Check it out.

I hope you can trust me Brackin, but even if you cannot... still check out the Spectro Code!!!!

Forg


See how he replies

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Forgery wrote:
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Keep Defensecore in mind and go see the video on foo's blog


What do you mean Ark?

The screen next to Fujimoto. It looks like "DefenseCore" or similar is written between the hands.

EDIT: I just sent Brackin an email with this information, pointing out the possibility that the company could be leading Foo on.

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Here is my responce from Bracken About Montreal:



AHA!! According to an email I recieved a few days ago from one of our spies, Montreal is supposed to be "the gatekeeper". It would seem that foo is storing data with his people. But there is supposedly also a passcode. My top agent sent me this:

>i just got another great break i recently received this email from Foo
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>"You are trustworthy. Find the gatekeepers and ask to be let in.
>THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE!
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>_Foo Defiant!"
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>so it appears at this point i have infiltrated their circle, i will hopefully be able to find the source of the hack and maybe some more
>information as well
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>

On 11/17/06, Harris <x_clamation_1998> wrote:

One of our oprative collected this information from Foo. And is currently assending there ranks. My question is do you have any idea who Montreal is. Because Foo is being over protective of this key opperative of his. We think Montreal is the key. Find MONTREAL save the word.



Foo.defiant

the initial proof from the spectrometer data log is secure with one of the first five and has been hidden. It is not yet safe for me to come from my hidding place. Help me protect the secret-keepers. Especially MONTREAL.


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Got this reply from Brackin 8 minutes ago.

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I will look into it. I could have sworn... but no matter. Since foo was moving around for five days and the company is moving the project elsewhere, it stands to reason that his backdoor must be located on an external site that he has access to - something static that no matter what this corporation does, he will be able to get access to the data stream. While I have the ability to crack his software (I hope), it is not running in its original spot anymore. If you can find me the web address where he is hosting his backdoor access then I can get us all in - and at the very least we will know what he is hiding from us. Hurry, perhaps we can intercept the next one in 65 minutes!


I reckon, if it's on an external site, that Foo set up, it might be on deuscity.com. If I recall, that was Foo's idea...

EDIT: From the blog:
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As for the Deus City site, that was Foo's little inside joke, something about "paying my deus" (I dunno, must be a cultural thing) but I figure as long as the domain's registered why not share my future revelations with the world?


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I'm coming in a few days late, but I just sent an email to Brackin offering help. I think I'm mostly caught up, but just clarify: What we're trying to do right now is infiltrate Foo's ranks and find out who the "gatekeeper" is, right?
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Jalathas wrote:
I'm coming in a few days late, but I just sent an email to Brackin offering help. I think I'm mostly caught up, but just clarify: What we're trying to do right now is infiltrate Foo's ranks and find out who the "gatekeeper" is, right?

Pretty much. That and find out where his backdoor access to the data stream is.

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I just got a reply, and SUPRISE! It's not the form letter everyone else got. No particular new info, but posted anyways for the records.
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Its nice to have support. Welcome aboard Nich. I don't know how much you have gleaned at this point, but Foo has hacked the feed and we are looking for it. Every day that passes he gains more information that we do not have. I'm beginning to lose my faith. Can you help us to FIND THE FEED?

-AB

EDIT: Got another email.
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THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! One of our spies has been victorious in duping the dubious Gatekeepers into divulging the key information! My initial software checks indicate that THIS WEBSITE contains the final security gateway into Foo's hacked feed! WE ARE SO CLOSE. Hopefully tomorrow when the next transmission comes WE WILL BE ABLE TO INTERCEPT IT! Go NOW to hackthefeed.com and help me to find the way into FOO's world! GOOD WORK TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HELPED BRING THIS INFORMATION TO US ALL! The real fight has JUST NOW begun!

-AB

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ********************************>
Date: Nov 18, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: Foo
To: AL Brackin <albrackin>

I just received a message from Montreal

"You Have found the gate. You have shown your key. You are now one of
The Free People.
The future lies in our hands now.
Welcome Free One!
One more to fight the good fight!
http://www.hackthefeed.com/
More will follow soon, keep listening, keep watching.
_M"

I also was given a message which was found within the initial transmition, it says this

"Good evening, Foo.

I know you're surprised to hear my voice again so soon, but I assure you, I am who I say I am. I think the clues I have put into the world of 2036 are proof to you that I speak the truth. For only you can fully appreciate the message I sent before.
Everything I said before was true, but there were some thing it was not safe to tell everyone watching. Which is why I send this personal message to you in a way that only we could possibly understand. This message is the only valuable piece of data in the 600 MB of garbage that I sent to confuse your enemies.
Your technology already works, but we must be transmitting in order for you to recieve. If history has repeated itself, and I have to believe it has, then you are decoding this at 3:30 in the morning of November 12th, in the year 2006, mere hours after being removed from your project.
We have acted rashly, and gained leverage in what is inevitably going to be a struggle of good and evil. But do not fear. From my perspective, you have already won this fight. My world is a Utopian paradise of technology and science. There is no crime, no murder, no hate. The races are united. Religion is a single truth, enlightened by knowledge, and the government cares for it's citizens, through true and proper representation of power.
For us, everything you do is a manner of historical reckoning, and starting tomorrow you will see that as the Earth lines up properly once again, the project status screen feed, which I know you have already hacked using the backdoor you coded in the software, will provide you, and you have only the key to unlocking the encrypted knowledge of science and truth to the world, while the others struggle to decide who the gatekeeper of knowledge should be.
You are the gatekeeper.
I have chosen this as your destiny. It is a big responsibility, and we will be sending you only what you need, as you need it.
Protect yourself. Many are not ready to understand and believe. You can no longer use your real name. You are shielded by those in ignorance. Those who are your friends are no longer, except for the one you know of already.
Guard this message well. And watch for communication from your first allies within 48 hours.
Edward, David, Jose, Shaze, and perhaps most of all Montreal, who will be known to you by the technical games he plays.
But be warned - for at least one of these is prepared to betray you.
Tang Fujimoto out."

i think this is a pretty big break, we have the feed and i am now within the circle of those who Foo trusts.

Looks like we're in on this puzzle now, too.

EDIT2: Should we join the current puzzle discussion, or make a Brackin-only discussion thread? Seems to me it would be easier to work on the puzzle together, but that means that when we get it, both parties will gain access to the feed at the same time, and that won't help either one.
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Well I started a private Myspace page for the Attackin Brackins. So that way we can have some place to discuss privileged info. That way We can post info and not worry about it being miss used on UF I suggest that the Foo fighters do the same if they are that hard up about there info.


If you think that this is a good idea please let me know and I will update the page further.

www.myspace.com/130585438
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Okay... I signed up to myspace just for this Razz I've hit the "add friend" button on that page from my new account.

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I think a MySpace page is great! But y'know what would be better?? If someone is willing to give up their own website for a little posting thing(password protected of course!) It would be quite awesome if we had that!
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It might be a bit irrelevant anyway. After getting the password into hackthefeed.com (I'll post it up in the myspace if there's some way I can add to it, and I told Brackin so perhaps he'll spread it) it gives you a registration form. I'm thinking there may be ingame separate forums.

DELETE-REPOSTED to add new communication from Brackin:
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Hello True Believers!

I'm pleased to report that the transmission was intercepted by me this morning at 11:11 and 11 seconds as expected! WELL DONE EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

I've spent the last few hours analyzing the data, and it would seem that 99% of the information is highly proprietary and absolutely meaningless to us since we don't have the core program that is installed on Foo's website - but on the other hand, it really doesn't matter since I now have access to all new information being interpreted by Foo's receiver/transmitter program and based on what I have been able to get I have learned a few things about the technology:

I'm not sure, but I think the program that installed itself onto foo's server is some kind of emulation program for data which appears to have been compiled for 256 bit processing, but is running under his 64 bit processor. It seems that the load limit for information in the burst is about three quarters of a gig - I'd assume because of earth's positioning and what not for the millisecond that the laser lines up. This is inconsequential though as one of the things that is so unusual about these bursts is they are self extracting and mildly viral in nature from what I can tell. I watched in horror as today's packet expanded itself out into multiple terabytes in a matter of minutes onto his server. I hope Foo knows what he is doing because if he doesn't he could bring down his whole hack without meaning to by simply filling up a dozen hard drives! I also tracked an ingenious little mole he seems to have planted which is feeding the original servers we used on the project with a few hundred MB of corrupt data instead of the transmission itself! So not only has he hacked the feed - He's pirated it! I'm almost proud of him. Almost.

What's interesting about the burst, is that each is preceded by a completely separate self extracting file that seems to be simple 32-bit message. Today's was some propaganda garbage about Deus City from one of the scientists he seems to be in communication with. I won't waste your time with it... especially since I stumbled upon something MUCH more interesting!! Attached you SHOULD find the .wav file I created from the ambient garbage surrounding the message which would normally be filtered out I don't want to be accused of anything so I'm throwing it out there for your review. Be careful though, because if it means what I think it does then perhaps all is not lost! I don't know if Foo and his people have found this.

And a .wav file. I'll upload it in a minute.

EDIT: The .wav file is here. It's about 2.75 meg.

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