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The puzzle text is a Caesar cipher with a fixed shift of –7 (letters moved back seven places in the alphabet) but with a few small, random ±1 letter errors. It's as if the author combined the Caesar cipher and Learning With Errors (LWE) (as a joke).
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The most probable coordinates of the photo from the first version of the riddle page are the following:
31.01320862334222, 121.3099404432192
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The same photograph was repeated on the September 28, 2023, and October 23, 2023, versions of the page. The text was also the same. On January 20, 2024, the image changed to a drawing of a cicada, familiar to us all from the Cicada 3301 riddle. Then, on March 4, 2024, the image changed to the one that will open in the current version, but the text was still the same. This text and image combination existed until at least May 21, 2024.
https://www.anonymoushackers.net/cicada-6601/
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The same photograph was repeated on the September 28, 2023, and October 23, 2023, versions of the page. The text was also the same. On January 20, 2024, the image changed to a drawing of a cicada, familiar to us all from the Cicada 3301 riddle. Then, on March 4, 2024, the image changed to the one that will open in the current version, but the text was still the same. This text and image combination existed until at least May 21, 2024.
https://www.anonymoushackers.net/cicada-6601/
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An image search yielded some matches to Shanghai during the Republican period (1912-1949).
However, in the foreground of the photograph, a manhole cover is visible, with the date 1998 written on it. Could this be the year? If so, it's most likely a film studio set. It's still possible, however, that this is a Shanghai film studio.
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A search of the Internet Archive revealed that the page (and the riddle, by extension) existed in at least four versions. The first saved version is dated September 23, 2023, and features a different image and encrypted text. However, the cipher is the same: Caesar 7. The sepia-toned photograph shows a street with houses and lampposts typical of the first half of the 20th century. Chinese characters are recognizable on the sign.
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https://brandonmyers.net/treechain/the-principles-of-treechain-encryption/
In an era where privacy is eroding and central institutions harvest behavioral data at scale, TreeChain emerges as a counter-surveillance mesh powered by encryption, identity obfuscation, and ethical recursion.
https://brandonmyers.net/treechain/the-principles-of-treechain-encryption/
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