Secret Sniffer

Ever wondered if there was something hiding in that oddly blank post? Been suspicious of that person that always has bold letters in the middle of words? Spent a lot of time opening a tab to decode a random string of characters only to find they posted the word 'bump'?

Then this new script is for you!

Secret Sniffer will go out and check all posts in a comment thread for hidden or suspicious looking bits of text and then place them all in a convenient to view summary.*


Things Secret Sniffer will do

  • Find those hidden 'empty' links
  • Pull the text shown when hovering over an image
  • Pull individually marked characters from words
  • Try to decode binary, hexadecimal, morse code, and base64
  • Decode hidden links added to posts from other scripts
  • Apply a link to any possible giveaway codes (from steamgifts.com and sgtools.com)
  • Apply a link to any possible itstoohard, jiggidy, or imgur codes
  • Gather a list of suspicious looking words/letters
  • Visual indicator of how suspicious you should be of normal looking posts
  • Allow manual input for easy on-page decoding or linking

Things Secret Sniffer will not do

  • Solve puzzles more complex than hiding a link in an empty tag or on image hover
  • Solve encodings more complicated than a single decode step
  • Parse images for text or other codes
  • Solve moon logic puzzles

For a better idea of the types of things this script will solve, check out Zelgh's magic guide.


You'll need Greasemonkey, ViolentMonkey, or Tampermonkey installed to use this script. (Not compatible with GreaseMonkey 4 yet)
Ready to go? Install from Here

This script is compatible with most infinite/continuous comment loaders and can also automatically detect and support many dark themes that may be applied through other scripts (just make sure to set the execution of this script to occur after your dark theme applies).

And please keep in mind:
Any puzzles with effort behind them will not be solved (or at least, not completely solved) by this script. It's also entirely possible to fool the script into giving a false solution!
This script is merely meant to give you an idea of the suspicion you should have of a post (especially those not posted under the 'Puzzles' category) and to cut out the repetition of the tired methods of hiding giveaways.


Recent Updates:

  • 1.1.4 - Search youtube links for extra parameters
  • 1.1.3 - Better reset on panel after closing
  • 1.1.2 - Better inclusions on certain findings
  • 1.1.1 - Fix problem with chrome's poor handling of hover events
  • 1.1.0 - New feature: input mode. Get results on text the sniffer missed.
  • View older changes..

Feature Announcement

So the sniffer missed something, and you've figured it out! But dang it all, you just can't remember how that link is supposed to be formatted so now all you get now is empty pages. Or maybe the result is yet another encrypted bit of text and now you have to find some website that can do the next step for you. Well no longer!

The sniffer now includes a handy "Manual Input" screen. Simply click on the keyboard icon when viewing a result panel (see image), and enter any suspicious text you want examined further. If it's a link the sniffer will automatically create the proper URL for you. If it's encoded text the sniffer will try to decode it for you.

Yes, anything the sniffer can normally do, you can now manually pass through to see what the result would be!


*Not guaranteed to be accurate or error free. Please direct any complaints to your pet cat.

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6 years ago*

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Please direct all hate and complaints about this script's existence as replies to this comment so that they can be easily seen by the public.

6 years ago
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I'll show some love instead:
Now if people don't want the script to be used, they need to be more creative with the puzzles/codes.
Suits me \o/

6 years ago
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o/

I'm adding my hateful comment about how people are too fucking lazy to do a bit of effort to find hidden giveaways by themselves.
Note: Not blaming you or your script, just people who use it in general. :P

6 years ago
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I like it.

Then again, my puzzles get like a 5% success rate, so maybe I'm being too snooty about "mere hidden text/ascii/hex" GAs.

6 years ago
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I prefer to continue to do it myself, because that is the charm of the puzzles 😉

6 years ago
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Gonna check it out :)

6 years ago
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Thanks, it's useful. Liked the icon.

6 years ago
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Excellent script...loving it already. Thanks!

6 years ago
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Glad to hear people liking it. I honestly was expecting to get some of the same hate zelgh got when he posted his puzzle guide :3

6 years ago
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the bane of puzzlers 😁

6 years ago
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This is eggcelent!
And i like the small icon but darn it is so small...

6 years ago
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would you mind if I added link to this thread to my puzzle guide?

6 years ago
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Go right ahead! After all, I am already linking to your guide from here.

6 years ago
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great, added to guide :>

6 years ago
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Nice script. I have... opinions about so many of these hidden links. So thank you. Your work is appreciated.

6 years ago
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My cat does not want to hear any complaints. She just wants food.

6 years ago
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As a puzzler, I see no problem with this script. :)

6 years ago
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6 years ago*
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Bump for sniffed :)

6 years ago
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Thank you for this script

6 years ago
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Looks interesting.

6 years ago
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Will try the script :)
Bump!

6 years ago
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The stalk button from SG Discussion Enhanced script kinda conflicts with the suspicion button in posts, but it's still clickable

6 years ago
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I tried installing that script to see, but it looks like they play nicely for me (see image).
Do you have more than just these two scripts installed? It might be an odd combination causing the problem.

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6 years ago
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Figured it out, it's the execution order. Just tell your monkey to run the SG Discussion Enhanced script after the sniffer and everything will work nicely.

6 years ago
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Thanks, it displays well now.

6 years ago
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Oh, i had a script of my own that did something similar but this one is much better :-D

6 years ago
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Very impressive script, it's great even if just for inspiration.

Thanks. :)

6 years ago
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This is great, thanks!

6 years ago
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Bamp!

6 years ago
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Great work! Thank you!

6 years ago
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I will try this, thanks

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