the whole thing appears to be a privacy tool recuitment thing
People who finished the 2012 round were asked a few ideological questions, such as whether they believed in freedom of information and privacy and opposed censorship, and were told to work alone. Marcus Wanner, a 2012 finalist who spoke publicly, said the group described itself as working on privacy and anti-surveillance tools, and that finalists were invited to a private forum to collaborate on projects in that direction. He said it fizzled out without much happening, at least for him.
I was there, I was a Computer Science student & they were really cool to solve. I loved that because I had done similar puzzles &/or hackaton time challenges. 2010-2020 was a good era for those.
Not everything is obfuscation by volume, such a stupidly high amount of output that only a machine can keep up wish.
What’s this from?
it’s from cicada3301 in 2012 https://github.com/scream314/cicada3301/blob/master/2012.md
this image It’s the proper form of the onion 1/2 https://github.com/scream314/cicada3301/blob/master/2013.md
the whole thing appears to be a privacy tool recuitment thing
Cicada 3301.
I was there, I was a Computer Science student & they were really cool to solve. I loved that because I had done similar puzzles &/or hackaton time challenges. 2010-2020 was a good era for those.
Not everything is obfuscation by volume, such a stupidly high amount of output that only a machine can keep up wish.
the internet i think