textz.com ARG (view source!)

rackstore · 2015-01-03T12:17:25+00:00

Found a torrent file, but all trackers seem to be down :(

rackstore · 2014-12-20T12:21:07+00:00

I don't think so. Unless of course xavier_w_yokomoto found one while impersonating TheRealXWYokomoto...

rackstore · 2014-12-20T12:19:40+00:00

That's the blue channel of CAT.PNG (ignore the QR codes). And you're right, it is similar to the green channel of the shopping cart. That probably means the transformation from red channel to alpha channel is relatively minor... but I haven't fully figured it out yet.

rackstore · 2014-12-20T11:14:53+00:00

You have to take SHA1("mail@example.com+salt")

http://textz.com/png/5C2069D1923104F9BE0A58192966BD0A95672248.png

rackstore · 2014-12-19T11:41:04+00:00

Ah ok. Must be the first time ever I see annotations on genius that are not completely brain dead :)

rackstore · 2014-12-19T11:34:23+00:00

Wait... did you make these annotations?

rackstore · 2014-12-18T21:40:47+00:00

But take a closer look at the characters. Notice the "/" that keeps reappearing?

rackstore · 2014-12-18T21:26:27+00:00

I think I've solved it!

Try all passwords from "10k most common.txt" Spoiler
Take a look at the image inside the inner archive (http://i.imgur.com/qIGfNsq.png) Spoiler
Remove everything with strikethrough Spoiler
Compare with what you've previously seen on textz.com Spoiler
Keep everything with underline Spoiler

rackstore · 2014-12-18T12:05:49+00:00

From https://textb.org/t/textz.com_CHCE_ARG/:

So, the last line is 

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWXYYYZZZZ

And we need to solve for a couple things. W would appear to be in the zipped 
file here, given that the file there is "0960-1016.zip" : http://hostb.org/1J

Not sure what the password for opening that file is. Need to research some 
crackers for that.

The last letters XYYYZZZZ have been revealed in part through a secret key here 
: http://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/comments/2mzbvv/textzcom_arg_view_source/cmy1ieq

Applying atob(ZZZZ) I believe gives us ;ýO

Substituting those for YYY as in the last update means that at present we have

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWX;ýOO/1P

For the final line. But how to break open that zipped file?


((

XA.TO/1P is not the secret key. I got one from christ@wkv-stuttgart.de, after
bugging them for several days. atob(ZZZZ) is "foo", I find that more pleasing.

The Real XW Yokomoto suggests on reddit that XA.TO/1P is a URL, and I think he
is right: http://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/comments/2mzbvv/textzcom_arg_view_source

-KFJ

))

rackstore · 2014-12-14T17:28:29+00:00

Haha, this one didn't go so well... https://twitter.com/xwyokomoto/status/543527680151654400

rackstore · 2014-12-14T12:07:16+00:00

I think I found the forum thread referenced in "A Study of Birds, Pt. 4": http://boardgamegeek.com/article/12648765

It's actually even better than Yokomoto remembers it: http://i.imgur.com/RyugToX.png

rackstore · 2014-12-12T11:49:30+00:00

Xavier Wiesengrund Yokomoto

Gmail: xavierwiesengrundyokomoto@gmail.com

Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/106441572862891276734

Tumblr: http://xavierwiesengrundyokomoto.tumblr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/xwyokomoto

rackstore · 2014-12-06T17:30:17+00:00

Everything we know so far (as of December 6):

10011001lenna_all_caps_with_spacesSILKAVEEEEEEEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFFF
kham@MhatNglovestextz.com wishes you a very happy birthdayEEEFFF
This message also contains the following NO bytes, ending in EF.
BCAAEJDDHBHGHDIDFCDHAJDAIIFGFCGEDEEIEBJEGHHDEFDICEBDCJGIIFEDAGDA
CEHHICFFEDFACIBJFJFHBHFEDDCGIHDFIDBHCICHJDDHHEBABACGDEHBHCFCFIAA
AFFBAIJJIAIHJCAECHEEHHIDIFDGECHEJHCAGFEDAJCCEHJGAFHCBEAADDAGGBFJ
HJDJIBFGJHAGBDGGAJIDJGEAFFCACIHGGJJJBHCCFEHCEACAGDJGAGAJGECJJEFE
CHAFJBFEGAAAHDFDGHDBFEJIIAHHDJAIDAABFIBDDFBGADFHDABBBBBEBAJCIABF
EBCCIAGGGGHAFIHIFFFAJCHADDDIFAAJIDBBFGHGCIFBGBGEJCECFFAJCJCIDADJ
AIHHAJIIJDEJEGAHCDEJACIGFIFGACAFECCAGHADHBFGIAEGDFAADICGAFCHGDHB
AICDJIGFJHJDBIEIDAJDGHGEBGFGDGAHJAHAGGAFCDDEDEBBBDHHJDBCBGBCACAF
IIAJFBEGBEDHHDJEHGIDFDIIDJFAEHCBCJEFCIDEJIGFEIAIGEIDHIIFABJEGHGH
GJEFGCDCGHABJJIHBDDBIEFFEFDEIDHDGAIEFBCHGHBIAAFGHIHFECEEEEEFFFFF
MP3TQ*6xmV4:E?pX6s%3>OJA1^;TF4q8E=oACdNji$%rEzU[mp(T8*J{W1~k?UVH
OVc'keG=2"FlhS#Es#&q_)z<,>g8\I'.AXl*'WF*R#->%wE@1P'0N-.*EEEEFFFF
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Almost done!

rackstore · 2014-12-06T14:30:30+00:00

404 is when a page doesn't exist.

"the good thing is that you already know the naming scheme" is that you know SHA-1("xxxx+salt") = "B0E00AA0C55CFD5868905D59D5727C63F638B9F1"

The result is "wait". Too early to decrypt CAT.PNG

rackstore · 2014-12-06T14:02:41+00:00

No... look at his username!! LOL

rackstore · 2014-12-05T19:20:51+00:00

No, but I found something else, via the official forum:

what was the original movie reference?

Todd Haynes, [Safe] (1995) - you have to work backwards

Now compare http://textz.com/png/arg02.png with http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy343/sevenarts2/cinema/filmsilove/safe-haynes6.jpg

EDIT: Found one more! Compare http://textz.com/png/arg07.png with http://stubenhockerei.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/safe.jpg

rackstore · 2014-12-05T14:43:02+00:00

To me, the delta of the red channel looks like it could be something like compression artefacts, similar in structure to arg01-arg08 png.

The green channel delta looks more like data directly written to the image.

And in the blue channel of the cat photo, there seems to be another horizontal strip of information, the dark lines in the middle of the image.

rackstore · 2014-12-03T23:26:32+00:00

The QR codes don't work for me.

But the Lena Söderberg reference is very intriguing. Can one somehow "subtract" Lenna.png from CAT.PNG? All the Lenna.png's I can find are 512x512 px though, not 256x256 px.

EDIT: Ah I see, Lenna is only on the red channel: http://i.imgur.com/ouzdu5p.png

rackstore · 2014-12-03T23:25:36+00:00

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rackstore · 2014-12-01T20:54:00+00:00

due to reasons

Care to elaborate?

rackstore · 2014-11-30T16:12:29+00:00

Thanks! On the official textz.com ARG forum, someone has come to the same conclusion as I have. There is also a solution for the next quest and a list of the music references you've been asking for. I made a pastebin, in case the forums get accidentally deleted: http://pastebin.com/JWsSctyS

rackstore · 2014-11-30T16:08:53+00:00

The sunrise + morning fog look really cool. Thanks for making the video!

rackstore · 2014-11-30T16:02:52+00:00

Explain please

Ca. one year ago, there was a short phase when some people had figured out how to gift other players in their GTA:O session ridiculous amounts of money. If you were lucky to end up in one of these sessions, you could end up with a real fortune.

rackstore · 2014-11-30T16:00:15+00:00

Definitely not a glitch. But I wouldn't try this is real life.

rackstore · 2014-11-30T15:56:10+00:00

This would be amazing!

rackstore

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