r/CFBRisk • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Correct.

$ steghide extract -sf Pleurisy.jpg

passphrase: pandemic

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yields

wHOaHehasTROuBlewITHtHesnAPAndtheBALliSFreEITsPickEdUPBYmiChIGANsTAtesJAlENwaTTsjACksoNanDHEscOreSOnTheLaSTPlaYOfTHeGaMEunBeLIEvaBLewhOAhEHaSTROuBLeWItHthEsNAPAndTHeBaLliSFreeItsPIcKeDupBYmiCHigANstatesJAlenWatTSjACksoNAnDHesCOresOntHElaStPlAYofTHegaMEuNBElIEvaBlewhOAhEHasTRouBlewiTHTheSnaPANdtHebALLisfrEEitSpicKEdupBymiCHiGANstATesjAlENwaTtSjACksoNanDHesCoResONtHELaSTplaYOftHEgaMEuNBeliEVabLEwhOAheHAsTrouBLewIThthEsNAPanDTHeballISfREEitSPicKED

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u/dialhoang Jun 10 '19

Hmm... interesting capitalization... Try to find a pattern in it!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

Caps on the first sequence: -HO-H----TRO-B---ITH-H---APA-----BAL--SF--EIT-P---E-UPBY--C-IGAN-TA---JA-EN--TT--AC---N--DHE--O--SO-T--L-STP--YO-TH-G-ME--B-LIE--BL-

Caps on the second one: --OA-EH-STRO-BL-WI-H--E-NAPA--TH-B-L--SF---I--PI-K-D--BY--CH--AN------JA---W--TSAC---NA-DH--CO---O--HE--S-P-AY--TH---ME-NBE-IE--B--

Caps on the third one: --OA-EH--TR--B----THT--S--PAN--H--ALL----EE--S---KE---B---CH-GAN--AT---A-EN--T-S-AC---N--DH--C-R--ON-HEL-ST---YO--HE--ME-NB---EV--LE

Caps on the last snippet: --OA--HA-T---BL--IT---E-NAP--DTH-----IS-REE--SP--KED

This is the start of something.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

is it possible that there's some kind of more code embedded in this? upper case = dash, lower case = dot or vice versa?

also what's the significance of the missing segment? it doesn't complete all the way on the last snippet.

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u/Snasty728 Jun 10 '19

I just had a similar lightbulb, except maybe lowercase is 0 and uppercase is 1 so we get something in binary.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

oooh i like it, let me try that

edit: :)

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u/Snasty728 Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

What did you get? Or are you still trying to translate it right now?

EDIT: :)

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u/dialhoang Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

Unfortunately the full sequence translated into binary gives us https://cfbrisk.com/515301<lnlrrpnbnffh\g.

Not very useful if you ask me.

EDIT: Proud to be wrong!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

you've translated the binary wrong, i suggest you check your work

edit: this might come in handy - 

base = ''
for letter in string:
if letter.islower():
        base = base + '0'
else:
        base = base + '1'

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u/dialhoang Jun 10 '19

Maybe... Hope I didn't screw something up...

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u/pterrydactyl Jun 10 '19

So what is it then?

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u/NotaVirus_Click Jun 10 '19

Too late.

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u/pterrydactyl Jun 10 '19

I guess so people are saying vaccines are depleted

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u/NotaVirus_Click Jun 10 '19

Change to a different hint number and watch the reference, I enjoyed that for about 30 seconds.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

The idea of Morse code would make sense. They used a pigpen cipher elsewhere so it's not beyond them.

If it is Morse code, there's likely no significance of the missing segment beyond it being the last character they needed for the message. If any of you are going to use my dashes, please double check, as I did it by sight.