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Giveaway - pretty sure no one did this kind before

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DavidSarif

start here

0.01 cv, ends at 5 p.m GMT -ish

edit : there's the link http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/gqifu so that everyone gets a chance to enter my apologies for those who had solved it earlier.

Like the picture said, it's "encrypted with HIDE by watch dogs". Available for free on iOS and Android, the HIDE app allows you to encrypt text messages and pictures. So you had to decrypt the picture using the app to get the giveaway link.*

*actually the app doesn't really "encrypts" your picture, it makes a copy of it, which is uploaded and saved on a server. It creates a duplicate like the one I posted, that has codes - similar to flashcodes - that allows, when decrypting, to just retrieve the original from its storage. So ultimately it's not a security measure like a real encryption, rather a toy.
11 years ago*

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Makaliako

Already figured it out, but not worth it.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

what is wrong with you ?

11 years ago
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gigapudding

I have no idea what to do with the picture, but thanks for the giveaway though :)

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

it's written on it.

11 years ago
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Lorkhan

Unfair if you can't solve it due to limitations.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

what are limitations ?

edit : it's free.

11 years ago
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Lorkhan

Some people don't have a certain something that costs a lot of money.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

Like some people don't have a computer/an internet access/money to buy video games, these things cost a lot of money too.

I just wanted to come up with a new type of giveaway for once, how is this unfair ? People who lack intelligence/knowledge of cyphers/enough time spent in forums don't have much chance to solve the "regular" puzzles on steamgifts, how is that unfair ?

11 years ago
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Lorkhan

If you are here you have all of those. If the test is just for intelligence than it's fair and I'm failing badly.
On the other hand I can't find that free part for Windows.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

Pardon my unfairness, I'll make a plain public giveaway later to try and amend.

11 years ago
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Lorkhan

I don't know why you're taking it so personal. You're free to make any puzzle you like.
Guess I'll just mind my own business.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

I'm sorry Lorkhan, did not mean to attack you.

It's just that I just wanted to come up with a shiny new kind of puzzle and did not appreciate hearing that it was unfair - because I was ultimately giving a game away. I guess you must be right, not everyone owns expensive phones so I changed. I encourage you not to "mind your own business" and also not to hold a grudge against me.

11 years ago
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Lorkhan

PAT

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

:-)

11 years ago
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zelghadis

They do if they want it hard enough ;)

11 years ago
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Jonex

Limitations like eyes? lol

11 years ago
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G7FrAnubis

Working on it, thanks for the giveaway in advance! :P

PS: After seeing what the real giveaway was of... ·-·

11 years ago
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Mirek711

Thank you buddy :) That was easy.

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

Hmm, can't figure out what to do either. Tried a lot of the standard stuff at least

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

that's just a little less standard than usual :-)

just read the pic.

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

wonders

11 years ago
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Zebeker

"This item isn't available in your country" Odd I'm in US
Well, I really need to go to sleep anyway and I don't feel like signing up for anything third party right now.
I'll take another look in the morning if it's not too late.
Thanks for the giveaway

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

Ahw, there was no need to give out the link. The fact that some people can't solve it is no basis to reveal the answer before the GA ends.

Sure, I didn't solve it either but yeah.

Could you at least reveal the solution? so I can try it for other puzzles?

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

I will put it in the OP.

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

Thanks :)

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

Clever, needing an app to solve it. Didn't think of that (I do own a smartphone, so no excuse here)

This actually gave me an idea for a puzzle, thanks again!

Just a little tip, next time use something like a QR code or normal barcode. There's online scanners for that so not having a smartphone will just be a slight inconvenience to google an online reader.

11 years ago
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DavidSarif

Good idea.

11 years ago
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Chirimorin

There is basically a "barcode" in the picture (middle, top and bottom) which I tried scanning. So replacing that (and removing the watch dogs thing to avoid confusion) could be enough already.

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Junoh315

Damn, I don't have a smartphone.

I'll probably do something similar like this though. Except that it will be easy to translate.

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Closed 11 years ago by DavidSarif.