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Sh1ft
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Ordered Data solved.

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Blue dots found in document, they are adjacent to numbers/letters:

http://goo.gl/t8tFD


But in the sensitives1 document, there is this psuedo-morse like code....



Anybody have any ideas?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:03 pm
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Sh1ft
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It occurred to me that the image above is upside-down. Also, I highlighted the parts where there was no = sign separator.



ESRIIDDSRELSDIAL

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:07 pm
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Sh1ft
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Solved by hmmwhatsthisdo|R in #niantic2 on irc.irchighway.net.
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1. Convert = signs into --
2. Convert to binary, dot is 0, dash is 1

Apparently binary to ascii conversion results in an Ingress passcode. 01100001 01100110 01110010 01100001 01101101 00110001 00110011 01110100 is afram13t


PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:55 am
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GregT
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From today's "Abducted" news clipping:

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Viewing the full image reveals letters down the left side and "Youtube" down the right. Using the letters as a Youtube link leads to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAcLaXklAww

Video shows several locations of portals, none of which I was able to recognise. The final slide (after the professor is dragged out) shows the large text "LOOK FOR THE SIGNS". All the slides have small text as well that I am unable to read.

Starting at about 0:53 the professor writes "Heat signature" on the blackboard.


The article mentions "The Daily Bear". Not sure if that's a real thing or a fictional thing but I found http://thedailybear.co.uk.
It displays blank for me. Source code is not helpful either. Registered last year in the UK so probably not created for the game.

Anyone recognise any of the locations pictured?

AND From today's word of the day:

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A hidden Ingress password, apparently: x6w3wexotic2uh2
Although right now Ingress is returning a system error when I try and use it.
EDIT: The password needs some further work. By comparing the format to previous passwords it's obvious it should be: 2uh2exoticx6w3w


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catherwood
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GregT wrote:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAcLaXklAww


Anyone recognise any of the locations pictured?

With the url in a spoiler, it's hard to discuss openly. Do I need to spoiler possible answers to your question?
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The girl says, "That's in front of the campus." So I did an image search for sculpture sphere campus and found some pix. This one most resembles the photos on the professor's slide show, and is located at University of California in Berkeley.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrong/17251562/


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Adm_BlackCat
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The last picture in the youtube video is of the UC Berkeley university library.
The picture labeled "Gateways" is of the UC Berkeley North Gate
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Sh1ft
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Several days ago a string was retrieved from a puzzle.

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There is a video containing a QR code here:
http://www.nianticproject.com/?id=sow028a

Which leads us to finding this string - DGCCXZIHNIHPHH - in the EXIF of this image:
http://www.nianticproject.com/?id=epiphany13y

We couldn't figure it out, so they thought they would try again, source of this:
http://www.nianticproject.com/?id=00cal26

Contains:
DG CC XZ IH NI HP HH"

Not sure if the double quote at the end is intentional, I tend to think so as they haven't changed it and it has been discussed on IRC and G+

IRC: irc.irchighway.net #niantic2 (msg schlarpc to get voiced)
G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114458409003685633937/posts

* Sh1ft * headdesks


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Sh1ft
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Solved, another in-app code.

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tyger on irc solved it, ninjai explains:
<Ninjai> DGCCXZIHNIHPHH gets reversed to HHPHINHIZXCCDG
<Ninjai> that becomes 8-8-16-8-9-14-8-9-26-24-3-3-4-7
<Ninjai> pairing up the digits becomes 88 16 89 14 89 26 24 33 47
<Ninjai> add each number to its next neighbor, convert from dec to ascii, and profit

<tyger> DG CC XZ IH NI HP HH = higgs29k


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heyheyitsbrent
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Any thoughts on the code on the bottom of Watch The Story?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:53 pm
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heyheyitsbrent
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Also, the IPs in the header all seem to end in 224.181
Seems odd.

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Macavity
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Well, I just got an invite to muck around with the Ingress app on my phone (Pantech Breakout, fwiw).

First off, it seems there are three factions at play in this game: the Shapers, the Human Resistance and the Enlightened.

The Shapers are some kind of extradimensional entity that is capable of infecting human thought and shaping it towards their ends. (I know, I know: THANK YOU, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!)

The Human Resistance is attempting to harness portals and Exotic Matter (henceforth referred to as XM) in order to create energy fields that help humans resist Shaper influence.

The Enlightened are also attempting to harness portals and XM, but with the intent of using them to create energy fields that amplify Shaper influence.

And I have to say, folks, while Resistance forces hold a majority of the fields right now, according to the in-app intel map almost the entire Northeast U.S. is under Enlightened control.
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punkymonkey
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Howdy Y'all

Just got my invite for the Ingress game yesterday because I drew a pretty picture and posted it on their G+.

Been a long time since I've been in the ARG community so I'm excited to play the Ingress augmented reality game and see what I can do to participate in the Niantic ARG too. Plus snagging a couple in game passcodes would be awesome.

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punkymonkey
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Doesn't seem to be an incredibly active community here.

To bump this, here's a list of up to date puzzles. Doesn't show any solves but it's a good source for info: http://niantic.schlarp.com/utils/feed.php

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Macavity
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Yeah, it seems like most of the activity is on Google+ and Reddit (in /r/Ingress, naturally).
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punkymonkey
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I actually found an IRC channel that is the primary source for the people that are actually solving the puzzles. Best place to be for either helping with the puzzles or having the first shot at being able to get passcodes that actually work before they get used up.

irc://irc.irchighway.net:6667/niantic2

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