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(Side-Story?) Seeking Truth
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bracko81
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 		maybe fisk changed the password to something else? but something is up with that whole thing...

PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:34 pm
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KamenZero
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Seraphic Adonis wrote:
One problem is that Zeke, for some reason, won't use his blog because Fisk has the password.

So why not, you know, change the password?


I assumed it was because if they cracked the password the first time, they could do it a second time.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:38 pm
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 		If Fisk changed it, how is Zeke posting on the other blogs?

And if he's worried Fisk'll crack it, why not just change it to something long and incomprehensible? Write it down on a sheet of paper, bang; he can't get it without wasting a lot of time.

Fisk knows that Strahm's alive, anyway. Zeke loses nothing by not posting on the blog.
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jonnymanic
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 		I'm not an expert on this sort of thing, so I can't be sure, but I suspect there's a way of tracking where any posts were made on a blog by checking some sort of access logs on the servers, stuff that the FBI would feasibly have access to. By posting comments only on other blogs, he's able to communicate without being conspicuous on the watched blog.

Or something.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:14 pm
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UberTaco
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 		Dunno what all Blogger logs, but any time you connect to another server (i.e. when surfing the web or submitting a blog post or comment), the server is aware of your IP Address, which can in fact be used to loosely place you (within a certain number of miles -- not terribly accurate, but helpful.)

This assumes you're not using an anonymizing proxy like Tor or the like.

/Computer Science nerd

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jonnymanic wrote:
I'm not an expert on this sort of thing, so I can't be sure, but I suspect there's a way of tracking where any posts were made on a blog by checking some sort of access logs on the servers, stuff that the FBI would feasibly have access to. By posting comments only on other blogs, he's able to communicate without being conspicuous on the watched blog.


Interwebs are not anonymous. Far from it. You have to struggle to get less privacy that you would get from mail or a talk in person.

Your FBI would easily track him to where he is sitting and using the computer. Now, realistically, it should be assessed is how MUCH they want Zeke. They could just try to get him if he continues in a same area.

Zeke COULD use Tor or other kind of things to give himself some kind of edge, but how much would be uncertain.

Even that he just continues to use his blog, it would be not accurate, because the agent could edit or lock the blog, as blogspot is from a company based on US. Perhaps, if it was in something like .ru ....

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A reasonable amount of technical savvy could make you quite difficult to trace on the 'net. Especially nowadays when you can steal someone's unsecured WiFi. Even if they get trough your onion routing and such, they still only have a vague area in which you are known to have been some indeterminate amount of time before. If you were really sneaky, you'd infect a internet cafe computer with a piece of malware that'd post stuff on the blog with a time delay. Or get slice hosting, ssh there and route all your communications over that. Or a combination of these strategies. You'd still need to practice constant vigilance, but you could conceivably stay one step ahead of your pursuers.

Of course, I don't think Zeke has a master's in computer science, so the odds that he can do something like this are low. Smile

Oh and there's a new post up.

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DONTTRUSTFISK


...which we knew already. Presumably it means "don't trust Fisk". To be sure, I anagrammed it and got nothing. Well, I got 399 possible solutions to be exact. and not one was slendery enough. There was some fairly amusing stuff about drunks, but I don't think that was what Zeke wants us to see.

I googled the phrase hoping to get some clue. No dice. All I get is, predictably, a bunch of political guff about the journalist. Damn you, real world, getting in the way of my ARG. Smile

I don't know what else to do. Ideas, anyone?

I do wish the pace would pick up a bit. Or is there something really clever that we haven't figured out yet, and the game is stagnating?

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veljko wrote:
@JustaGuest

A reasonable amount of technical savvy could make you quite difficult to trace on the 'net. Especially nowadays when you can steal someone's unsecured WiFi. Even if they get trough your onion routing and such, they still only have a vague area in which you are known to have been some indeterminate amount of time before. If you were really sneaky, you'd infect a internet cafe computer with a piece of malware that'd post stuff on the blog with a time delay. Or get slice hosting, ssh there and route all your communications over that. Or a combination of these strategies. You'd still need to practice constant vigilance, but you could conceivably stay one step ahead of your pursuers.

Of course, I don't think Zeke has a master's in computer science, so the odds that he can do something like this are low. Smile

Oh and there's a new post up.

Quote:
DONTTRUSTFISK


...which we knew already. Presumably it means "don't trust Fisk". To be sure, I anagrammed it and got nothing. Well, I got 399 possible solutions to be exact. and not one was slendery enough. There was some fairly amusing stuff about drunks, but I don't think that was what Zeke wants us to see.

I googled the phrase hoping to get some clue. No dice. All I get is, predictably, a bunch of political guff about the journalist. Damn you, real world, getting in the way of my ARG. Smile

I don't know what else to do. Ideas, anyone?

I do wish the pace would pick up a bit. Or is there something really clever that we haven't figured out yet, and the game is stagnating?


Anyone else getting the vibe that perhaps Agent Fisk isn't on the up and up?

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KamenZero
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Gentleman Caller wrote:
veljko wrote:
@JustaGuest

A reasonable amount of technical savvy could make you quite difficult to trace on the 'net. Especially nowadays when you can steal someone's unsecured WiFi. Even if they get trough your onion routing and such, they still only have a vague area in which you are known to have been some indeterminate amount of time before. If you were really sneaky, you'd infect a internet cafe computer with a piece of malware that'd post stuff on the blog with a time delay. Or get slice hosting, ssh there and route all your communications over that. Or a combination of these strategies. You'd still need to practice constant vigilance, but you could conceivably stay one step ahead of your pursuers.

Of course, I don't think Zeke has a master's in computer science, so the odds that he can do something like this are low. Smile

Oh and there's a new post up.

Quote:
DONTTRUSTFISK


...which we knew already. Presumably it means "don't trust Fisk". To be sure, I anagrammed it and got nothing. Well, I got 399 possible solutions to be exact. and not one was slendery enough. There was some fairly amusing stuff about drunks, but I don't think that was what Zeke wants us to see.

I googled the phrase hoping to get some clue. No dice. All I get is, predictably, a bunch of political guff about the journalist. Damn you, real world, getting in the way of my ARG. Smile

I don't know what else to do. Ideas, anyone?

I do wish the pace would pick up a bit. Or is there something really clever that we haven't figured out yet, and the game is stagnating?


Anyone else getting the vibe that perhaps Agent Fisk isn't on the up and up?


But Fisk said he'd give me candy. Sad

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 		It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz

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KamenZero
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Gentleman Caller wrote:
It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz


D: It's sugar-free, isn't it? DAMN YOU, FISK!!!!

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veljko
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KamenZero wrote:
Gentleman Caller wrote:
It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz


D: It's sugar-free, isn't it? DAMN YOU, FISK!!!!


Zeke told you not to trust him!

Still it could be worse. It could be IRS candy.

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ravanjedi
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veljko wrote:
KamenZero wrote:
Gentleman Caller wrote:
It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz


D: It's sugar-free, isn't it? DAMN YOU, FISK!!!!


Zeke told you not to trust him!

Still it could be worse. It could be IRS candy.


Don't eat it. You'll have to pay 40% interest and claim all candy you've eaten in the past six months.

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ravanjedi wrote:
veljko wrote:
KamenZero wrote:
Gentleman Caller wrote:
It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz


D: It's sugar-free, isn't it? DAMN YOU, FISK!!!!


Zeke told you not to trust him!

Still it could be worse. It could be IRS candy.


Don't eat it. You'll have to pay 40% interest and claim all candy you've eaten in the past six months.


Don't forget having to name any co-dependents to your candy consumption.

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veljko
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Gentleman Caller wrote:
ravanjedi wrote:
veljko wrote:
KamenZero wrote:
Gentleman Caller wrote:
It's government candy. You definitely do not want any Razz


D: It's sugar-free, isn't it? DAMN YOU, FISK!!!!


Zeke told you not to trust him!

Still it could be worse. It could be IRS candy.


Don't eat it. You'll have to pay 40% interest and claim all candy you've eaten in the past six months.


Don't forget having to name any co-dependents to your candy consumption.


My dentist?

Smile

Come on, Zeke, give us a meaty update. Don't tell us not to trust an FBI agent. Most of us already know that. And, unless you do post a meaty update we'll be forced to think up candies that suit alphabet soup agencies.

NSA candy. You can eat it, but you can neither confirm nor deny that it was tasty.

CDC candy. You can eat the candy anywhere except in Madagascar.

DEA candy. Don't you dare eat that candy.

See? Wretched. Wink

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