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124: Solving Cicada 3301: Decoding the Internet's Greatest Mystery

2023/8/18
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一位专注于电动车和能源领域的播客主持人和内容创作者。
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Cicada 3301: 通过在互联网上发布一系列复杂谜题，寻找具备高超密码学技能和解决问题能力的人才。谜题涉及多种加密方法、隐写术、书本密码等，并最终引导参与者进入暗网进行进一步的测试和交流。其目标是招募对密码学、隐私和安全有深入理解的人才，参与到相关的研究和开发工作中。 Narrator: Cicada 3301 谜题在互联网上引发了广泛关注，吸引了大量技术人员和解谜爱好者参与。谜题难度极高，需要参与者具备扎实的密码学知识、编程能力、以及对各种加密技术的深入理解。整个过程充满了挑战性和趣味性，也引发了人们对 Cicada 3301 真实身份和目的的诸多猜测。 Cicada 3301 参与者: 部分参与者认为 Cicada 3301 的目标是推广密码学，提高互联网隐私保护，并招募人才开发开源密码学软件。然而，也有参与者表示，他们更热衷于解谜本身，而非参与到具体的软件开发工作中。

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The mysterious message from Cicada 3301 on January 4th, 2012, sparked speculation about its purpose, with theories ranging from recruitment by intelligence agencies to a simple challenge for highly intelligent individuals.

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Early in the morning of January 4th 2012, a strange message appeared on the internet. Just a few lines of text on an image, posted anonymously.

Hello. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals. To find them, we have devised a test.

There is a message hidden in this image.

Find it, and it will lead you on the road to finding us. We look forward to meeting the few that will make it all the way through.

Good luck.

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Many speculated that it was a recruiting tool for the NSA, CIA, MI6, or even the Masons.

But who was really behind it, and what was its purpose? Did it even have a purpose?

Whether it did or not, it didn’t matter. Because when you post a puzzle on the internet looking for “highly intelligent people”, that’s a challenge that’s simply impossible to resist.

So, the hunt for Cicada 3301 was on.

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