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djs4000
Greenhorn
Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 9
Neurocam Protocol X04.2 initiate I know the whole neurocam thing has been done, but since no one knows what exactly it is or what they do, ive kept interest. There website now says "All Neurocam Operations have been suspended pending an internal audit by The Nautonier"
The thing that caught my eye was the text hidden with the background color and the strange comment at the end of the page. it looks like a cypher. anyone recognize the possible type of cypher or what it could all mean?
BTW, sorry if this is in the wrong forum.. there was so many to choose from.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:30 pm
catherwood-offline
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I wouldn't mind working on a cipher (it's a great timewaster activity while at work), but I don't see a link anywhere -- could you edit your post and add the URL to the page in question, please?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:43 pm
djs4000
Greenhorn
Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 9
how silly of me. The page is www.neurocam.com
Check the last few lines of the page source
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:48 pm
catherwood-offline
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thank you.
In case the page changes, here is the code hidden in a comment block:
Code:
A J J M L J F L T L T S P M D A K M N T P A R F M L Q E A V
T U T T L Q S Q N T L I T I N T L I F L C A L F L R T P L A
J A S I F R U Y R E T L A S R M L F T P
My guess is a Playfair cipher...
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:07 pm
StarkRavingMad
Decorated
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 250
Doesn't ROT and neither Viginere nor Playfair work with any of the obvious keywords. Not sure where to go from here.
Interesting in that this is the first action we've seen on the Neurocam site in some time.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:37 pm
Hushed
Greenhorn
Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Henderson
Well, that image looks awefully perplexing: http://www.neurocam.com/nu.gif
Kind of reminded me of Medusa at first, but upon closer inspection, it doesnt really. . . Though, it does kind of resembles a spider as well. Anyone have any ideas?
Though, the hidden comment, if anyone noticed, is all made up of 5 characters. So, there is 16 strings of 5 characters a piece.
Neuro would have to do with the nerves . . . So a neuro cam would have to be something that takes video or pictures inside of a brain.
It needs an audit, so it needs to be inspected internally by the Nautonier, who I assume is the owner.
Sound familiar to anyone?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:53 pm
StarkRavingMad
Decorated
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 250
Hushed wrote:
Well, that image looks awefully perplexing: http://www.neurocam.com/nu.gif
Kind of reminded me of Medusa at first, but upon closer inspection, it doesnt really. . . Though, it does kind of resembles a spider as well. Anyone have any ideas?
Though, the hidden comment, if anyone noticed, is all made up of 5 characters. So, there is 16 strings of 5 characters a piece.
Neuro would have to do with the nerves . . . So a neuro cam would have to be something that takes video or pictures inside of a brain.
It needs an audit, so it needs to be inspected internally by the Nautonier, who I assume is the owner.
Sound familiar to anyone?
There a long history to Neurocam. Look around here for the thread or read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurocam
The image is the Nautonier's symbol. (see also http://nautonier.org/ ) He's basically the leader of the whole thing, but I've never seen him personally step in before. I was an Operative for awhile but I've been out of the loop since Phase One ended and not sure what is happening now. I'm trying to figure out if any of my old contacts still exist.
I've never seen them use this code before. They used to hide some information in a couple open directories on the website but those are all inaccessible now.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:04 pm
tinag222
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 521 Location: Here, Now
Oooh awesome. I was never an Op but I followed this one for about a year and a half, including the thread here about it. Like many, I am still not entirely sure what the specific thing is with it, but nonetheless found it ingenius - and very telling about human nature: you don't know who is behind it, what their agenda is, what your role is, why you get the assignments, what the point of any of it is - but you do it anyway. I love the concept regardless.
I checked the site about a month ago and it had only the video up - I think I followed the latest update on the NC thread here someone mentioned the video so I went to see about it.
Very cool there seems to be something stirring. It's been awhile but wasn't there some conflict with that Chris guy titan or whatever? I could be way blurry on details but I thought that guy went off and formed the Nautonier in some insider overthrow of the Cam. (Been awhile). Last I did hear Phase Two did begin but then was left hanging in midair and all the P2 Ops were rambling around scratching their heads.
If it's stirring again that's excellent....particularly if they'd expand coverage to this side of the pond.
EDIT: Ravingmad: just curious - I went to see about the updates on neuroboards and saw the thread about the Ruby Treaty. I am not familiar with it in NCI - but what I'm curious about is your take on it. This person's story of how it was obtained.
http://www.neuroboards.com/index.php?topic=11.0
Quote:
A man looking very suspicious with a plain case made a telephone call and left his brief case in the booth and walked off.
Me being the curious journalist that I am went over to the booth after a few minuites, looked left and right and whipped the case away. Omg my heart racing I legged it to my car and went home to prize it open.
Seriously? That just seemed a little too convenient to me. This was posted July 22 - but hasn't NCI been MIA for ages? Is this person an Op - and if so, was he just activated? or just stirring the pot to get some attention?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:26 am
dmb
Boot
Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 41
The enciphered text is similar to the plaintext on the neurocam site:
Code:
AJJ MLJFLT LTSPMDAK MNTPARFMLQ EAVT UTTL QSQNTLITI NTLIFLC AL FLRTPLAJ ASIFR UY RET LASRMLFTP
ALL ONLINE NEUROCAM OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED PENDING AN INTERNAL AUDIT BY THE NAUTONIER
It's a substitution cipher with the key AUDIT:
Code:
AUDITBCEFGHJKLMNOPQRSVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:02 pm
djs4000
Greenhorn
Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 9
dmb wrote:
The enciphered text is similar to the plaintext on the neurocam site:
Code:
AJJ MLJFLT LTSPMDAK MNTPARFMLQ EAVT UTTL QSQNTLITI NTLIFLC AL FLRTPLAJ ASIFR UY RET LASRMLFTP
ALL ONLINE NEUROCAM OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED PENDING AN INTERNAL AUDIT BY THE NAUTONIER
It's a substitution cipher with the key AUDIT:
Code:
AUDITBCEFGHJKLMNOPQRSVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Thanks for the help. It seems weird that they would encrypt the same message that is in plain text. Could possibly be some sort of Steganography.
Does anyone have a list of good blogs related to neurocam? a search on google results in outdated blogs that dont contain any info.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:24 pm
StarkRavingMad
Decorated
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 250
djs4000 wrote:
Thanks for the help. It seems weird that they would encrypt the same message that is in plain text.
A hidden code containing a phrase that is substantially already on the same page with a keyword contained in the phrase itself.
Neurocam in a nutshell.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:27 pm
serena
Boot
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 27
djs4000 wrote:
Does anyone have a list of good blogs related to neurocam? a search on google results in outdated blogs that dont contain any info.
The best search engine for blogs I've found is http://blogsearch.google.com
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:10 pm
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