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William Henry Hairytaint
Oct 29, 2011



Nastyman posted:

Just invented this spy tool, seems like it would be good for coded messages wyt



Without programs it's never going to work.

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TIP
Mar 21, 2006

Your move, creep.



Spies have infiltrated my local grocery store and are using the placement of items to send coded messages.


Charcoal and beer display near entrance: eliminate target, make it look like an accidental fire.

Hamburger Helper moved to same shelf as Panburger Partner: cover is blown, agent will need new identity.

Overflowing adult diaper in grocery cart: the agent has been successfully exited.

Alien Sex Manual
Dec 14, 2010

is not a sandwich

Tip posted:

Overflowing adult diaper in grocery cart: the agent has been successfully exited.

But what does this mean for furry cons?!? :ohdear:

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
All spies
Basically an intelligence convention using the reflexive disgust towards furries to shield their activities.

Why, did you think grown rear end adults would do that poo poo for fun?!

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

First of May posted:

I don't actually know who that is. Did I accidentally stray into someone else's gimmick?

What are some other examples of modern numbers stations?

Gurf would post threads with clickbait titles to get views for his videos, his name's become a slur toward people who post threads about videos.

William Henry Hairytaint
Oct 29, 2011



Yeah Gurf's a doofus and I didn't really think you were him because you put way more effort into the OP than Gurf ever does. It's just fun to say gently caress off Gurf whenever anyone posts a video thread.

Prav
Oct 29, 2011

Labes for days posted:

But what does this mean for furry cons?!? :ohdear:

furries are strongly overrepresented in FBI and CIA positions

Moon Atari
Dec 26, 2010

Spies communicating through gbs via coded shitposts.

Jesustheastronaut!
Mar 9, 2014




Lipstick Apathy
Op I think you're 100% correct about whatever it is you're going on about and fully encourage you to destroy as many relationships and opportunities at a normal life if it means you can get closer to blowing the lid off this whole spy thing

Grandma Panic!
Nov 4, 2006
"Scrolls down YouTube recommendations list"
"Clicks on 'Cute kitten falls over and farts''

gently caress WE'VE BEEN BURNED! GET TO SAFE HOUSE BRAVO. IF WE SURVIVE THE NEXT 48 HOURS ILL SEE YOU IN HELSINKI GODSPEED

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


:nsa:

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

First of May posted:

I don't actually know who that is. Did I accidentally stray into someone else's gimmick?

What are some other examples of modern numbers stations?

What do you mean by 'other examples of'? There are still 'current' modern numbers stations broadcasting right now all over the world, you can pick them up and listen right now if you want.

You can get one of these for like $45 on Amazon and turn your computer or a Pi or whatever the hell you want into a graphical tuner and listening station to all kinds of crazy poo poo. TV stations, local police and fire, other stuff that varies wildly based on your local regulations and what you should and shouldn't do with them. ...
There's a radio thread in DIY and other info online with how to do that and tons of other stuff with it. Knock yourself out.

Big Beef City fucked around with this message at 22:32 on May 27, 2019

First of May
May 1, 2017
🎵 Bring your favorite lady, or at least your favorite lay! 🎵


Big Beef City posted:

What do you mean by 'other examples of'? There are still 'current' modern numbers stations broadcasting right now all over the world, you can pick them up and listen right now if you want.

Yeah, I know about numbers stations, that's why I wanted OTHER examples. Don't you know a creative writing prompt when you see one?

Tip posted:

Spies have infiltrated my local grocery store and are using the placement of items to send coded messages.


Charcoal and beer display near entrance: eliminate target, make it look like an accidental fire.

Hamburger Helper moved to same shelf as Panburger Partner: cover is blown, agent will need new identity.

Overflowing adult diaper in grocery cart: the agent has been successfully exited.

Exactly, this poster gets it.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Is this gang stalking?!?

Jesustheastronaut!
Mar 9, 2014




Lipstick Apathy
Hey op I've got a dead drop for you to collect

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

First of May posted:

Yeah, I know about numbers stations, that's why I wanted OTHER examples. Don't you know a creative writing prompt when you see one?


Exactly, this poster gets it.

Your av text is code for what?

You are a nerd
Apr 9, 2003

See?
If a Russian spy really wanted to communicate with their handlers why would they use the few bytes you can jam into a youtube video title when they could probably just openly post state secrets on a publicly viewable social media account and trust that the US state apparatus is in such a loving shambles that nobody would do anything about it?

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

You are a nerd posted:

If a Russian spy really wanted to communicate with their handlers why would they use the few bytes you can jam into a youtube video title when they could probably just openly post state secrets on a publicly viewable social media account and trust that the US state apparatus is in such a loving shambles that nobody would do anything about it?

The current trend is to just call a press conference at the Whitehouse if you want to speak to your Russian handlers

Streak
May 16, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo
dammit who put all these encoded spy messages in my child porn

marijuanamancer
Sep 11, 2001

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i'd more expect it to be some form of abstract communication between computer systems trying to stay hidden such as a botnet, than actual people, if it is anything, which it probably isn't, because everyone should be using encryption or their poo poo is just straight vulnerable. obfuscation/steganography isn't recommended by pros like Bruce Schneier

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Speaking of steganography, you'd be alarmed at the kind of messages that get passed along every time the old goatman is posted here.

Download it and examine every pixel...

marijuanamancer
Sep 11, 2001

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
actually a botnet is a decent hypothesis because youtube api calls just look like web traffic - and they're encrypted with https, and its likely an observer wouldn't be able to predict/determine the video page youtube generates for an uploaded video, so even if the traffic is being watched it would also require cooperation from Google to confirm, which its possible the target doesn't have.

idk it could be a botnet or similar

marijuanamancer
Sep 11, 2001

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
although you can probably apply that logic to any weird looking poo poo on the internet

Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

First of May posted:

What are some other examples of modern numbers stations?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzAuXuxD0Oo

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Labes for days posted:

But what does this mean for furry cons?!? :ohdear:

all spies have exited the city for the duration

BigBadSteve
Apr 29, 2009

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

Possible explanations:

1) Take your meds OP
2) gently caress off Gurf

Parkour Lewis
Apr 10, 2002

Yes I wanna play.
I really really do.
poo poo, you've convinced me, maybe Paul McCartney really DID die and was replaced.

mazzi Chart Czar
Sep 24, 2005
All right, I'm down. How do I become a youtube spy?

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

mazzi Chart Czar posted:

All right, I'm down. How do I become a youtube spy?

Meet directly under the bridge as soon as possible

mazzi Chart Czar
Sep 24, 2005

Big Beef City posted:

Meet directly under the bridge as soon as possible

Cool.
...
Is it a real bridge or a virtual bridge, cuz I didn't think being a youtube spy means I have go places?

The Dennis System
Aug 4, 2014

Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.
What are those youtube videos where they just show some sort of geometric shape or something, but there's scary music in the background and it's randomly generated or something but it might be some sort of code?? There's a name for the type of video it is. Does anyone know what I'm talking about???

Edit: never mind. It's called "unfavorable semicircle". VERY scary.

The Dennis System fucked around with this message at 10:11 on May 28, 2019

mazzi Chart Czar
Sep 24, 2005

The Dennis System posted:

What are those youtube videos where they just show some sort of geometric shape or something, but there's scary music in the background and it's randomly generated or something but it might be some sort of code?? There's a name for the type of video it is. Does anyone know what I'm talking about???

Are these it?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/may/01/truth-youtube-mysterious-videos-webdriver-torso

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

marijuanamancer posted:

i'd more expect it to be some form of abstract communication between computer systems trying to stay hidden such as a botnet, than actual people, if it is anything, which it probably isn't, because everyone should be using encryption or their poo poo is just straight vulnerable. obfuscation/steganography isn't recommended by pros like Bruce Schneier

Defense in depth. I'd expect an encrypted data track in the video similar to what everdraed does

The Dennis System
Aug 4, 2014

Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.

No. Although those are pretty hosed-up too.

First of May
May 1, 2017
🎵 Bring your favorite lady, or at least your favorite lay! 🎵


Burt Sexual posted:

Your av text is code for what?

"Radium is bad at UTF-8"

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Pitdragon
Jan 20, 2004
Just another lurker
i thought discord was for spies. or maybe garrys mod?

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