Hidden Code Decoding

Users speculate on and decode a mysterious encoded message in the article, suggesting methods like Morse code, tap code, ROT13, Vigenère cipher, and steganography in ROM unused bits.

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IEC ROM www.cs E96 DTMF FEC XOR WW ROT13 ROT codes code encoding decode rot encoded message decoder bits secret

Sample Comments

0xdeadbeefbabe Sep 5, 2025 View on HN

Could have been a tap code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_code

clashmoore May 25, 2019 View on HN

Like morse code trying to tell us something.

drcube Aug 13, 2014 View on HN

That's what ROT-13 and secret decoder rings are for.

sukilot Jul 26, 2020 View on HN

Maybe they are rot13 encrypted.

sixtofour Mar 22, 2011 View on HN

This is secret code, right? Like a numbers station.

genman May 14, 2024 View on HN

It surprisingly similar to Morse code.

qingcharles Dec 19, 2025 View on HN

I used this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_code

ausbah Dec 11, 2020 View on HN

did the misspellings make it harder to crack the code? or was this known from previous cracked ciphers?

slowhand09 Sep 26, 2022 View on HN

You're telling me ROT13 isn't enough..?

meowface Aug 20, 2019 View on HN

That's a super clever way of hiding a message.