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jasper · Unfettered Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 560 Location: Texas

So, we're not really getting communication from Kevin anymore? Someone else is posting videos on his youtube account and someone else is changing his twitter image, without his knowledge?

**Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:15 pm

tardmunch · Guest

"Kevin"

**Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:25 am

BrigitJones · Veteran Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Britland

New image in drop.io; a picture named 'again' of some binary code. I'm going to translate it and see if amounts to anything now.

**Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:40 pm

jalava · Veteran Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 76

Red numbers say translated into ascii say:

BrigitJones · Veteran Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Britland

Darn, I'd just finished xD Is the binary image itself stegged? That's the only idea I've got.

**Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:43 pm

jalava · Veteran Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 76

Image analysis

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:43 pm

amandel

The latest drop.in ,go.png, when reworked has a hidden msg. Reckon it's referring to the first image "page.jpg." Reading 2x:
Believe there may be a hint in each line being repeated twice. (click attachment for clearer text)

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:39 pm

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BrigitJones · Veteran Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Britland

Waitwaitwaitwait. Brainwave. Well, kinda. I thought at first it might be a haiku, but the number of syllables - 5561 - might still be important; the way it's written is very odd. A Case of Identity was published in the Strand Magazine in 1891. Does the other image have a numeric significance that might lead to the password to the mashimoto homepage?

Otherwise, I think the point of the passage *might* be that Kevin is fabricating 'drop in only kind places' etc. He is the only one communicating with us, just as Mr Angel and the Stepfather were the same man.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:33 pm

Morgensterne · Boot Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Glendale, AZ

an idea.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:41 pm

BrigitJones · Veteran Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Britland

Can you make anything of it?

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:06 pm

Morgensterne · Boot Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Glendale, AZ

drat

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:21 pm

jalava · Veteran Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 76

Note that only the first image is JPEG file.

All the other files have been pointing to that file all the time with stronger and stronger hints. First mask, then STEG, then blatant hint to look at first image.

I'm now working through different steganography softwares to find if there is something in there.

At least Stegdetect doesn't find anything in there. It could be steghide. But what would be the password?

*Edit (I don't want to make this too easy for others, so removed spoilers)*
It is steghide and answer really is in the passage Smile

**Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:03 pm

amandel

**Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:52 am

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Staxx · Boot Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Posts: 37 Location: London, UK

Hmmm, this seems to have completely stalled on the interesting / intriguing story front and has morphed into a cryptography treasure hunt guessing game, which is not my cup o' tea.

I'm totally lost with all this, but at least I learned what Steganography is before jumping ship!

**Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:58 am

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BrigitJones · Veteran Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 88 Location: Britland

**Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:05 am