Three codes could be found hidden in the HTML source of the @KodamaSmiles in Denver post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] !$!&)!!*)*!*)*)%)*)%!$!*)$!@!&
[2] 62fb5d750c30a27a.qvw29923cm.26d01c5f3d8df459
[3] fd78486nμb
Code #1
Observations
30 symbols. You know what to do with symbols.
Convert symbols to their respective numbers on the keyboard
141701180818080508051418041217
Make pairs
14 17 01 18 08 18 08 05 08 05 14 18 04 12 17
That’s a good range for numbers to letters. Convert using a=0
ORBSISIFIFOSEMR
That gives the prefix and suffix
orb66547mr
The code used symbols. Symbols and Symbol are valid keywords, in this case Symbol in the winning combination
orb66symbol547mr
Code #2
Observations
Between those dots seems to be the prefix and suffix. Rest looks like hex range.
[hint]Hex it is but different kind of hex. Count how many characters you have and look it up[/hint]
The middle part is clearly the prefix and suffix
qvw29 923cm
We are left with
62fb5d750c30a27a26d01c5f3d8df459
Converting hex to Ascii doesn’t give anything to work with. The string contains 32 characters, this could be a MD5 hash.
Searching for that string on Google gives references to the download files for Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.10 was know by the code name Oneiric Ocelot. Oneiric is a valid keyword
qvw29oneiric923cm
Code #3
Observations
Prefix and suffix are there but in reverse and there is that special character.
[hint] μ has a lot of meaning but keep reading and you will find the keyword[/hint]
Reverse the string and change the μ to u to get the prefix and suffix
bun68487df
The μ sign has a lot of meaning but it is also the sign for Muon
bun68muon487df
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