Questions tagged [steganography]
A puzzle that requires finding hidden data in various media forms, such as text or images.
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Chaos and Order: a visual puzzle in stained glass
I created a visual puzzle, which my wife then implemented as part of a stained-glass window. I've no idea if it is (a) obvious, (b) stupid or hopefully (c) extremely clever, and hence would love to ...
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A mysterious email from Andrew Void
You are a secret agent in the service of the KGB, about to embark on a highly dangerous mission to infiltrate MI6. You have your disguise, your papers, and your backstory all prepared. The night ...
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This is it. This is the one. Save your wife
You now know where your wife is, so you hop on a plane and fly over to France. You reach the house and burst through the front door, only to find the house deserted. In despair, you slump into a chair ...
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Miniature Puzzle
This is my first post on here, and I doubt it'll be my last
I figured that I probably should do a little puzzle because it's my first submission, but unfortunately, I'm way too literal
Everything ...
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A Riddle Within a Riddle
MY friend, your luck has Turned.
i've made tHIs Riddle and it is the best, anD "soon iT sHould bE solved.
if it is not, then a QUIet miNd mighT let sEedS be Sown, within which idEas caN grow.
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The Sands of Time
There are people who claim that they can look upon the land, and the land will speak to them.
I recently got caught in a sandstorm, and particles of sand flew past my eyes.
What is the desert saying?
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Selective attention: an unusual game
There's a park behind the local basketball courts, where I like to go for quiet time. The other day, a group of thirty people arrived with a basketball as I was sitting down. One sat next to me, ...
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Today starts my new puzzle series!
Wow. I said I might undertake to create fresh and witty Puzzling questions because brilliant men on the internet have solved my latest ones way too speedily for my foolish conceited pride - so ...
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A pilot's messages
A friend of mine works as a pilot, so he travels a lot and I don't see him that often. But every year around the same time he sends me a message. He has been doing that ever since 1997.
Here is a list ...
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Gain Access to the Café's Internet
There's a cool new cybercafé in town called #DECAFE
The café charges a fee to use their computers, but if you BYOC (bring your own computer) you can get on their ...
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Go Pregnant or Go Home
A love story:
First, we met on the dance floor at this place playing loud music.
Soon after we were madly in love!
Before I knew it, we were engaged to be married.
Now, here I am in the backyard ...
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Mithrandir has lost his keys!
Announcement: All puzzles are being delayed because my Puzzling notebook with all of my keys disappeared. :/ -- Mithrandir
Some hours after discovering this devastating loss, Mithrandir went to bed. ...
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This is not a spam post
Smart enough to solve this puzzle? Practised in the art of counting in multiple ways?
VACANCIES OPEN!
PM me to learn more about fantastic employment opportunities for talented puzzlers such ...
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Ron couldn't quite put his finger on... something?
Ron got up out of his bed, feeling slightly odd. Despite only being conscious for under ten seconds, he felt like something recently slipped his mind, something he couldn't quite put his finger on.
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Oh no! The mods are gone! (and Rand al'Thor, too!)
Dear Puzzling Users,
Oh dear, where start? I guessed it started with my feelings that the mods are way too overbearing. And then I realized, "Hey, I don't have to put up with this sh*. I can ...
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Lepidopterology needed!
This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: hyper-modern art
The two friends in the gallery of Hyper-modern art are still discussing.
"You know what, to certain extent I start enjoying this Hyper-...
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What is encrypted in this image?
In the image above apparently has a hidden link?? I don't know how to do this (even if it may seem simple for some) however I don't believe it's anything malicious. It's a part of a puzzle, but even ...
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The Worst Afternoon
Was worried about this trip for days -- couldn't take the car -- terrible traffic all the way there -- a gang of jerks blocking my way and the bus had just left -- tried to run and maybe sprained my ...
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Neurotic frogs ought to relax in mud baths
What is the hidden message in this advertisement?
Neurotic Frogs Ought To Relax In Mud Baths!
Perpendicular lounging calms. A frog, a mud cap... bliss! Wallowing generates happiness. Amphibian spa ...
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A Suspicious Mail
It's an average normal everyday day. You find a piece of mail in your mail box. It doesn't look like the rest of them:
The text reads
What should you do?
Some helpful websites:
Hint:
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What number should be the answer to this question?
Now that my first puzzle's done and gone it wont be so easy to solve the rest.
I've begun to write with reestablished rules.
If I've not got your attention I'll start trying harder.
So weigh the ...
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Multilayer Image Steganography
Alice, Bob, Carol, and Dan are playing a card game. After they all show their cards, Bob notes that by exchanging two cards the order of the players would be reversed; that is, the player with the ...
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What is the name of this puzzle?
The English dictionary, as you may know, is a highly mutable entity.
While removing words such as irregardless might be considered a good thing, others, such as
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A quick, easy mistyped question
Waht is the appareytln ewird solution to this mestyrious arndom question?
Note: Everything you need to solve the question is above, and when you get the solution it should be quite obvious that you'...
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Lolcat Steganography: Find the message hidden within the transport medium of humorous feline photography
The Bad Guys (curse them!) have begun communicating in lolcats, to enable their Internet communications to take place unnoticed.
This is a job for the NSA/GCHQ crack team of cryptanalysts.
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Top ten best ways of transportation
This is an entry into the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41.
Last night me and my friends had a fun night at the bar. When it was time for us to leave, we couldn't come up with a transport that will be ...
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Why Alexa Shouldn't Teach Non-Native English Speakers About Idioms
They cost ≈ $0.00833333333333333333333333333333 each.
(9) -_----_-_-----
Go! Intentionally fracture your fibula!
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The Time Machine works but my friend is gone!
So my friend Fred and I have been developing a time machine. I know it sounds impossible but we think we've hit a breakthrough! Fred has had a successful test run but he didn't tell me where he was ...
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The first Density™ Puzzle!
Welcome to the very first puzzle in a new series! It's all about (hopefully) exploring new ways of creating puzzles, as densely as possible.
If you'd like to create your own Density™ puzzle, the ...
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A Letter from the Past
It has been quite a while since your first assignment as a P.U.Z.Z.L.E. agent. Most of your tasks weren't even half that exciting and since your boss is currently on vacation, your most important task ...
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Parallelisation
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
Puzzlers, I am presenting a set of six duo-grids! Of course, I need to tell you how they work - you are given a grid. Looking at it,...
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Did you ask her yet?
Last time I talked to my buddy, Garrick B. Raad, He kept going on about this girl he liked. As we parted ways he mentioned that he was going to ask her out.
A few days went by before I texted him, ...
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All the moderators have been kidnapped!
I'm a bit worried. I just got an email from [email protected]. It looked like this:
Dear Puzzling Users:
Hello - you don't know me, but I have been watching your site for months. ...
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Messages hidden in the "visit every square once" puzzle
I proposed my girlfriend yesterday, asking her to be my wife.
but she did not answer me.
Besides she gave me this 6 puzzles, below.
She said I will know her answer after solving the puzzles.
Inside ...
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Who killed the indiscriminate warden?
You are in jail, along with all other Puzzling Exchange users, for crimes against each other with your obtuse riddling and mathematical references. One day, there is a large brouhaha at the prison, ...
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What Road and What Story?
Professor O'Brien is missing from his laboratory. So is the elaborate contraption he has been working
on for months. Paranoid about security, Professor O'Brien has not confided the nature of his ...
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Cryptically dumb medieval jokes
Why did the chicken cross the river?
Well, I believe that is a question too vague to classify for a riddle, eh? Well, I had to draw your attention. Actually, my story is a bit more complicated than ...
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My Uncle's present
It was Christmas at my Uncle's and I rushed downstairs waiting to see the present he had bought for me. But instead of a giant wrapped gift, I found a puzzle.
My greetingc! I hope you are woll.
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This is not a puzzle!
This is not a puzzle!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s nothing to solve here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not a puzzle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have i made myself clear???????????????????
Let me repeat.....
$$$$
This IS NOT ...
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A princess fell in love
Once upon a time there was a princess.
She fell in love with a prince, wrote him a letter and sent it via
Celeste, who was always willing to help. The prince was Laniff III and
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For a puzzler such as you, you shall solve with ease
Your pet cricket has disappeared, due to its undying loyalty and steadfastness you assume foul play must be afoot! After looking around for any signs of confrontation, you find none, but thankfully ...
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A fairy tale in a golden toy
Once upon a time, long long ago, in the days when good stories were far more beautiful and far harder to come by, a king was asked by his spoilt but beloved princess daughter to give her a fairy tale. ...
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A Humbled Response
Well, I may not be able to match the rhyme or meter ...or spelling ...or punctuation skills of other puzzle creators on this site, but I thought I should still at least have a go...
Well, I'm ...
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When you give it out in the wrong way
To know the secrets of the universe and hence attain ultimate power, you just need to enter a four-letter password. All you have is a sheet of paper
with the following written on it, which is supposed ...
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Returning the Cricket Kit
It was approaching the Easter Holidays at Farthingbottom School and Class 5M had been asked to clean out the cricket pavilion, ready for the start of the season next term.
Under one of the benches ...
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A Blooming Cheeky Response
One of my recent puzzles bears a certain resemblance to this one that was posted to meta by Alconja. When this was pointed out to me, I thought that since he asked for suggestions I would post a reply ...
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My Uncle's Music Box
Unfortunately, my favorite uncle just passed away. He's the one that taught me all about puzzling, and supposedly found Davey Jones' treasure in his youth. I miss him very much, however, I just ...
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