The theory is that the mega link leads to a file called 421b7ab97caed92ed144…0890b0.rar so anyone/bot who sees just that will go "eh" and move on. Unless they're persistent.
Or they'll think it's some private encrypted file. Anyone persistent enough is not going to be looking for Archer, either. It's a good idea, I like it, keeps your file alive for quite a while.
[-] starbuck93 | 8 points | May 11 2017 03:25:54
Seems too easy, right? Right. Here's the base64 encoded password to the rar archive.
b3FnazUzNmhvMGcxTDBoTXpSQUV2NndkaFNITGVSX3FBT3dfS196RDJ3cw==
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[-] OriginalUsername30 | 6 points | May 11 2017 04:32:28
What's this point of this? I thought the whole formatting was to avoid bots reporting links.
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[-] LBJake23 | 1 points | May 11 2017 04:47:25
There's no key for the link, just for the rar
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[-] OriginalUsername30 | 6 points | May 11 2017 05:08:06
I know. I was asking what the point of that is.
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[-] Crayon-Mechant | 1 points | May 11 2017 12:05:17
And the password doesn't work, no matter what.
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[-] OriginalUsername30 | 1 points | May 11 2017 13:03:39
It does. You need to decode it though, by pasting it in the website he linked in his comment.
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[-] Crayon-Mechant | 1 points | May 11 2017 16:06:01
And I did. When I unzip, at 99% it ask me for the password again.
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[-] OriginalUsername30 | 1 points | May 11 2017 16:10:29
Hm, worked for me.
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[-] Crayon-Mechant | 1 points | May 11 2017 16:18:42
I will try to download the file again and try. Maybe it got corrupted or something. I need to decode in UTF-8 right?
edit: still doesn't work, I'll wait for another file, thanks anyway
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[-] patiakupipita | 2 points | May 12 2017 10:28:51
worked for me too, so it's def a problem on your side
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[-] Crayon-Mechant | 1 points | May 12 2017 13:11:09
I run OSX with the unarchiver so maybe it was the problem.
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[-] cosmicblue24 | 2 points | May 11 2017 14:05:27
Why not base64 encode the mega link?
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[-] starbuck93 | 4 points | May 11 2017 14:10:45
The theory is that the mega link leads to a file called
421b7ab97caed92ed144…0890b0.rar
so anyone/bot who sees just that will go "eh" and move on. Unless they're persistent.permalink
[-] cosmicblue24 | 1 points | May 11 2017 14:12:33
Hmm I suppose so. The other mega link I downloaded did this (incidentaly the Arrow one which I read as Archer).
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[-] starbuck93 | 1 points | May 11 2017 14:15:47
Yeah it's just an extra step that's not too difficult for real users and is harder for bots.
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[-] themangodess | 1 points | May 23 2017 07:43:36
Or they'll think it's some private encrypted file. Anyone persistent enough is not going to be looking for Archer, either. It's a good idea, I like it, keeps your file alive for quite a while.
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