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Christian Martinez

12:00 AM

reddit.com/r/eq_zpx_8e580z

forest

@ChristianMartinez Where'd you find that?

That could be one of those online "challenges" that people take.

Christian Martinez

I found it from a youtube channel with one video on it with beeping in binary leading me to the subreddit

Here's the Youtube channel

youtube.com/channel/UCokWqJ0MtZVfpf9xediN_PQ

forest

Ah, then it's probably one of those online treasure hunt-type challenges.

Christian Martinez

Ehh, probably

kelalaka

12:35 AM

@fgrieu the bottom number is the step counter, not a good place though.

28th step that the LFSR reapeats.

Christian Martinez

1:13 AM

@forest But hey, I'm still kinda curious what it is

forest

Most likely if you decode it it tells you where to find the next part of the puzzle.

Christian Martinez

Probably

But hey, the end result might be interesting

forest

Maybe, but probably not.

Christian Martinez

Yep

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3:29 AM

Q: Decryption of Alternating Step Generator

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