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Post by auntym on Sept 4, 2017 12:18:28 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/mysterious-unbreakable-codes-and-impenetrable-ciphers/ Mysterious Unbreakable Codes and Impenetrable Ciphersby Brent Swancer / mysteriousuniverse.org/author/brentswancer/September 4, 2017 Throughout history there has been the propensity of our kind to come up with progressively innovative ways to keep information hidden. To this effect we have come up with all manner of puzzles, riddles, codes, and ciphers, all designed expressly for the purpose of befuddling all those who would try and grasp what we are saying. In some cases, these messages have gone out into the world to remain unanswered, going on to prove to be unchallenged enigmas that serve to stir the imagination and baffle the mind. These are some of the various codes and ciphers that have been unleashed into the world, yet which have yet to be understood by anyone who looks upon them, their secrets elusive specters beyond our reach. Encrypted messages themselves are nothing new. Strange codes go way back, and one of the weirdest comes from 1539, appearing in a volume of Teseo Ambrogio Albonesi’s rather unwieldy titled Introductio in Chaldaicam linguam, Syriacam atque Armenicam et decem alias linguas characterum differentium alphabeta circiter quadraginta et eorundem invicem conformatio. The cipher in this case is said to have been written by a man called Ludovico Spoletano, who is said to have been possessed by the Devil for a time, and when he snapped out of it he realized that he had scrawled down an arcane and rather odd message, which in fact appeared to be the Devil’s very own handwriting. A portion of The Devil’s Handwriting The letters themselves were reminiscent of the ancient language of Amharic, said to have been the tongue used in the actual Garden of Eden, although it could not be known for sure, and the whole bizarre, supernatural tale propelled the mysterious text into the public imagination at the time. The cryptic, arcane message drew droves of curiosity seekers, and during the reign of King Charles II tourists flocked to see the copy of Aldonsi’s work that was displayed at Queen’s College. The message would later be printed in the book The Devil in Britain and America, by John Ashton in 1869, which renewed public interest in the strange cipher, with Ashton saying of it: It is supposed to be the only specimen of Satanic cal[l]igraphy in existence and is taken from the ‘Introductio in Chaldaicam Linguam,’ etc., by Albonesi (Pavia, 1532). The author says that by the conjuration of Ludovico Spoletano the Devil was called up, and adjured to write a legible and clear answer to a question asked him. Some invisible power took the pen, which seemed suspended in the air, and rapidly wrote what is facsimiled. The writing was given to Albonesi (who, however, confesses that no one can decipher it), and his chief printer reproduced it very accurately. The thing about this particular instance of what has come to be called “The Devil’s Handwriting,” is that no one has the slightest idea of what it actually says. Intense efforts to crack the code by cryptography experts, codebreakers, and linguists have proved to be utterly futile, and no one is any closer to solving its enigma now than they were in the 16th century. Of course there are some who say that the Devil really did write the message, and that it is something well beyond our meager ability to ever comprehend, but more likely it is a cipher that was written and then spruced up with supernatural talk of the Devil to give it a spooky vibe and resonance, which was apparently not an uncommon thing to do at the time, or also that it is was even a hoax. Crypto historian Nick Pelling, of the website ciphermysteries.com has this to say on the matter: CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/mysterious-unbreakable-codes-and-impenetrable-ciphers/
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Post by plutronus on Sept 8, 2017 1:54:33 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/mysterious-unbreakable-codes-and-impenetrable-ciphers/ Mysterious Unbreakable Codes and Impenetrable Ciphersby Brent Swancer / mysteriousuniverse.org/author/brentswancer/September 4, 2017 Throughout history there has been the propensity of our kind to come up with progressively innovative ways to keep information hidden. To this effect we have come up with all manner of puzzles, riddles, codes, and ciphers, all designed expressly for the purpose of befuddling all those who would try and grasp what we are saying. In some cases, these messages have gone out into the world to remain unanswered, going on to prove to be unchallenged enigmas that serve to stir the imagination and baffle the mind. These are some of the various codes and ciphers that have been unleashed into the world, yet which have yet to be understood by anyone who looks upon them, their secrets elusive specters beyond our reach. Encrypted messages themselves are nothing new. Strange codes go way back, and one of the weirdest comes from 1539, appearing in a volume of Teseo Ambrogio Albonesi’s rather unwieldy titled Introductio in Chaldaicam linguam, Syriacam atque Armenicam et decem alias linguas characterum differentium alphabeta circiter quadraginta et eorundem invicem conformatio. The cipher in this case is said to have been written by a man called Ludovico Spoletano, who is said to have been possessed by the Devil for a time, and when he snapped out of it he realized that he had scrawled down an arcane and rather odd message, which in fact appeared to be the Devil’s very own handwriting. A portion of The Devil’s Handwriting The letters themselves were reminiscent of the ancient language of Amharic, said to have been the tongue used in the actual Garden of Eden, although it could not be known for sure, and the whole bizarre, supernatural tale propelled the mysterious text into the public imagination at the time. The cryptic, arcane message drew droves of curiosity seekers, and during the reign of King Charles II tourists flocked to see the copy of Aldonsi’s work that was displayed at Queen’s College. The message would later be printed in the book The Devil in Britain and America, by John Ashton in 1869, which renewed public interest in the strange cipher, with Ashton saying of it: It is supposed to be the only specimen of Satanic cal[l]igraphy in existence and is taken from the ‘Introductio in Chaldaicam Linguam,’ etc., by Albonesi (Pavia, 1532). The author says that by the conjuration of Ludovico Spoletano the Devil was called up, and adjured to write a legible and clear answer to a question asked him. Some invisible power took the pen, which seemed suspended in the air, and rapidly wrote what is facsimiled. The writing was given to Albonesi (who, however, confesses that no one can decipher it), and his chief printer reproduced it very accurately. The thing about this particular instance of what has come to be called “The Devil’s Handwriting,” is that no one has the slightest idea of what it actually says. Intense efforts to crack the code by cryptography experts, codebreakers, and linguists have proved to be utterly futile, and no one is any closer to solving its enigma now than they were in the 16th century. Of course there are some who say that the Devil really did write the message, and that it is something well beyond our meager ability to ever comprehend, but more likely it is a cipher that was written and then spruced up with supernatural talk of the Devil to give it a spooky vibe and resonance, which was apparently not an uncommon thing to do at the time, or also that it is was even a hoax. Crypto historian Nick Pelling, of the website ciphermysteries.com has this to say on the matter: CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/mysterious-unbreakable-codes-and-impenetrable-ciphers/ Hmm, A few of the symbols appear very similar to Phoenician, which seems (academically) to be predecessor to Sinatic Hebrew. Phoenician Aleph-Beyt was wide-spread in the period and there were numerous but very similar versions in usage, everyone seems to have taken literacle license in their implementation of the visual forms. The 'pitch-fork' form could be the Vav mutation that's seen in a few of the variations. The text also has character forms that do not ascribe to the visual model of Phoenician, which, in my opinion, is likely a contrived confabulation of the author of the Devil-Text. Anyone who does any serious writing can always see the corruptions of other's writings, but its a wholly subjective perception, I'll admit. All in all, my guess is that the text, having been scrutinized in Italy, the home of the Roman Catholic Church, where **EVERYTHING** was under the glaring dictates of (often myopic, Drakkonian centricism of igannance and rule-of-religious law) Church Fathers, under the pain of torture and death, if ya didn't agree. The tract cited has obviously been transliterated, as it sounds a bit like "Latin", so much for it having never been deciphered. Hmm... plutronus Ad rem, but in any case, the Devil-text was certainly transliterated into Latin as was quoted in the artical (so someone at least guessed as to its meaning, even though no is claimed to have been able to decypher it, capece? Heh heh heh. Babbling)
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Post by auntym on Sept 19, 2017 13:02:09 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/creepy-and-unexplained-enigmatic-codes-on-the-internet/ Creepy and Unexplained Enigmatic Codes on the Internetby Brent Swancer / mysteriousuniverse.org/author/brentswancer/ September 20, 2017 We live in a digital world now, our planet connected by this vast wilderness we know as the Internet. It is one of the most powerful creations that we have managed to come up with, connecting us across vast distances no matter where we are and changing our lives in a myriad of ways. Yet it has also brought with it its fair share of strange mysterious and creepy enigmas. Among these are numerous codes and ciphers which have emerged from the depths of the web to tease and tantalize all who look at them, their origins cloaked in shadow and their meanings buried beneath the cloud of the unknown. With its strong presence on the Internet, it is perhaps no surprise that many of these mysterious codes and ciphers pop up and are analyzed and disseminated on Reddit. One strange such case emerged in 2013, when a poster on Reddit calling himself “delverofsecrets” claimed that he had been approached by a seemingly homeless man in tattered clothing on a New York City subway, who had then given him $50 and a wadded up jumble of papers. On these papers was written a code that in cryptography is known as a “Bifid cipher,” which looks like a grid of numbers reminiscent of a Sudoku game. The Internet went nuts with this code as soon as it was posted, and commenters were immediately descending upon the thread feverishly discussing and trying to solve the strange code,which came to be known simply as the “Homeless Bifid Cipher,” and figure out what it and its surrounding circumstances all meant. Eventually the code coughed up oddities such as UNIX codes, names and IP addresses in Hebrew, Russian, and Basque characters, with the message finally being translated as: There’s plenty more money to make. Figure this out and prepare to meet July 19th, 56th & 6th. There’s a hot dog stand outside Rue57 cafe. Ask for Mr. Input.Huh? Even decoded it made little sense, and the cipher elicited a wide range of theories, opinions, and reactions. Some thought it was a clever viral marketing scheme that was trolling the Internet, while others believed it was a way for some shadowy tech company or even a wing of the government to recruit new employees, and still others thought it was all a big hoax. Then of course there were those who thought it had some profound meaning, and that the puzzle was just beginning. Making things even stranger still was that not long after the message was decoded, a man claiming to be the very same homeless man who had originally handed it off allegedly came forward to contact delverofsecrets once more, supposedly proving his identity by telling him what he had been wearing at the time of their meeting. After establishing that he was the same man who had given the first code, he then gave another cipher, which was posted on Reddit and finally unraveled to be found to read: YOU HAVE MANAGED TO FIND THE MESSAGE WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS. YOU CHANGED THE RULES NOW SO WILL I. JULY TWELVE FOUR PM. FIND THE BLUE JAY AT SIX AND A HALF AND FIFTY SIXTH AND TELL HIM YOU ARE THE LAST. As far as is known, this is the end of the whole thing, and it seems unclear what exactly happened after this. Spookily, things seem to have escalated for delverofsecrets, when he came forward with a final post saying that he was being stalked and threatened by shadowy forces, and he also sent out a warning to any of those who planned to show up at the original specified meeting place and date of July 19th. The creepy post reads: Received a phone call today threatening violence against me and my family, going so far as to name members of my family and their addresses, unless I delete this post. The caller also told me not to show up on the 19th and to inform anyone planning to show up on the 19th that nothing would happen. This will be my last message from this account before I delete it. I’ll also be changing my number later today. I am sorry if a resolution to this never happens, but I’m not willing to risk my family’s safety for a few extra dollars.As far as is known, that is the end of the whole, weird tale. No one knows what happened after this, who the poster really was, or what the cipher was all about. It could be anything from a viral marketing campaign to a hoax, to the workings of some dark secret society, who knows? The Reddit thread of the whole thing can be read here, and it is too long and rambling to go into much detail here, but it is certainly a very strange and wild ride. What is the Homeless Man Cipher? Who was the individual who passed it on to the Reddit poster? Did he ever even really exist at all? We will likely never know. Reddit seems to be a veritable magnet for this sort of oddness, and there have been a series of strange codes that have surfaced here. One such incident began in 2011, when it was noticed that there were vast amounts of unintelligible code being dumped onto an a subreddit cryptically called “r/A858DE45F56D9BC9,” also known as simply r/A858, which was created by an account which had before that been inactive and just sitting there doing nothing. This sudden spark of life on the dormant account came in the form of reams and reams of numbers and letters that looked like utter gibberish, and there was an insane amount of it relentlessly churning forth constantly, and there was no comment or anything else to give it any context or explanation. For a while no one even realized that this subreddit existed, but then some Redditors noticed it and theorized that it was some sort of code with inscrutable purposes. Of course it began to be picked apart as intrepid amateur sleuths and cryptographers endlessly and tirelessly discussed it and tried to solve it, and it was soon found that buried in the morass of nonsense was an ASCII rendering of Stonehenge, which appeared in response to a commenter saying that the page was “The Stonehenge of Reddit,” implying that someone knew they were being watched and talked about. Speculation went through the roof, ranging from that this was an online numbers station, churning out code to someone for some spy agency, to the idea that it was some recruitment tool for an unknown party, to a secret government project, to a cryptography experiment, to a suggestion that it was some sort of digital art project, but no one knew for sure. In the meantime, the subreddit seemed to throw out little cryptic hints from time to time. Besides the Stonehenge picture there was one piece of code that spelled out “Happy New Year 2001,” and another that said ““NO 2 SOPA,” with SOPA standing for the “Stop Online Piracy Act,” as well as location coordinates, other little jokes, easter eggs, hints, and nods to those who were following it. At other times the mysterious poster of the code would alternatively both encourage readers and chastize them for poor puzzle-solving skills. Although obviously some of the nonstop information was decoded, much of it was encrypted, meaning that it was impossible to solve without the proper decryption protocol, and so most of it lay behind a wall defying all efforts and remaining murky and impenetrably mysterious. Curiously, although whoever was behind it all did not seem to mind all of the attention they were getting, the subreddit would sometimes go private and shut everyone out when too many eyes fell upon it, only to come back with all of the previous posts deleted. Perhaps the creator did not want too many people snooping around his domain? Another strange thing that emerged was another account that began to post to the subreddit that included a new code that moderators were able to break with an automated script and which allowed them to directly talk to whoever was behind r/A858. In this subreddit, this mysterious new account claimed that the puzzles were generated by a cabal of people who had been paid to create them, but they remained elusive as to their ultimate goal, merely saying: “We cannot disclose the purpose. A858 will end when the purpose is disclosed or discovered. When the purpose is discovered or disclosed it will be obvious to all.” CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/creepy-and-unexplained-enigmatic-codes-on-the-internet/
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