Cicada3301 is back?

[baldgye]

      ,+++77777++=:,                    +=                      ,,++=7++=,,     
    7~?7   +7I77 :,I777  I          77 7+77 7:        ,?777777??~,=+=~I7?,=77 I
=7I7I~7  ,77: ++:~+7 77=7777 7     +77=7 =7I7     ,I777= 77,:~7 +?7, ~7   ~ 777?
77+7I 777~,,=7~  ,::7=7: 7 77   77: 7 7 +77,7 I777~+777I=   =:,77,77  77 7,777,
  = 7  ?7 , 7~,~  + 77 ?: :?777 +~77 77? I7777I7I7 777+77   =:, ?7   +7 777?   
      77 ~I == ~77= +777 777~: I,+77?  7  7:?7? ?7 7 7 77 ~I   7I,,?7 I77~     
       I 7=77~+77+?=:I+~77?     , I 7? 77 7   777~ +7 I+?7  +7~?777,77I         
         =77 77= +7 7777         ,7 7?7:,??7     +7    7   77??+ 7777,         
             =I, I 7+:77?         +7I7?7777 :             :7 7                 
                7I7I?77 ~         +7:77,     ~         +7,::7   7               
               ,7~77?7? ?:         7+:77777,           77 :7777=               
                ?77 +I7+,7         7~  7,+7  ,?       ?7?~?777:                 
                   I777=7777 ~     77 :  77 =7+,    I77  777                   
                     +      ~?     , + 7    ,, ~I,  = ? ,                       
                                    77:I+                                       
                                    ,7                                         
                                     :77                                       
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http://www.cicada3301.org/

[azhdar]

checked the website what is this?


Edit: wikipedia to the rescue : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

[baldgye]

If you look into it, it's not actually that crazy or creepy, it's just a tool to recruit the best cryptographers in the world to make the best most open source security and privacy tools.

That said, it's still super cool.

Some links;
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/cicada-3301-i-tried-the-hardest-puzzle-on-the-internet-and-failed-spectacularly
http://www.fastcompany.com/3038719/what-its-like-to-be-on-the-inside-of-cicada-3301-the-internets-most-enigmatic-mystery
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/cicada-solving-the-webs-deepest-mystery-20150115#ixzz3j0Ojn1G3

[paicrai]

interesting
what the **** is going on

[baldgye]

From what I've been reading about the latest countdown most of the investigation is going on on 4chan, which I don't really want to go on at work so I'll have a gander when I get home and see if there is anything on there.

[jbondeson]

What is a Cicadian?

A Cicadian is someone who has chosen to give up the superficial and unfulfilling world around them to follow the path of the Cicada, and emerge into enlightenment.

Cicadianism is a technomystical order. Our philosophy is neither a religion nor a science, but a blend of spirituality, technology, science, and mysticism. We refer to it as a 'technomysticism'.

Soooo... yeah. Weird...

[baldgye]

It's a cool way of saying Tor forum tho right?

[suicidal_orange]

What is a Cicadian?

A Cicadian is someone who has chosen to give up the superficial and unfulfilling world around them to follow the path of the Cicada, and emerge into enlightenment.

Cicadianism is a technomystical order. Our philosophy is neither a religion nor a science, but a blend of spirituality, technology, science, and mysticism. We refer to it as a 'technomysticism'.

Soooo... yeah. Weird...

Read all posts before this - didn't seem interesting.  After this definition?  Interested )

[Lurch]

What is a Cicadian?

A Cicadian is someone who has chosen to give up the superficial and unfulfilling world around them to follow the path of the Cicada, and emerge into enlightenment.

Cicadianism is a technomystical order. Our philosophy is neither a religion nor a science, but a blend of spirituality, technology, science, and mysticism. We refer to it as a 'technomysticism'.

Soooo... yeah. Weird...

THE FUTURE.

[jbondeson]

The site is ... odd. It seems the server popped up long enough to have cloudflare serve it, and then it disappeared.

You are a being unto yourself.
You are a law unto yourself.
Each intelligence is holy.
For all that lives is holy.

Welcome to the journey, pilgrim. May epiphany fall upon you.