Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the IN WHICH PAC FACES THE HEAT post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] sayexla3wpmc77s3
[2] 94030791979403979k02080907949j920594030f029k92
[3] bq5t6ueac3hrn5s
Code #1
Observations
16 characters with the right amount of numbers for a valid passcode
Make a 4×4 grid
s |
a |
y |
e |
x |
l |
a |
3 |
w |
p |
m |
c |
7 |
7 |
s |
3 |
Read going up from the lower left 7
7wxs7plasmay3c3e
Code #2
Observations
An old roman emperor should put everything in the right range
Use a rot-5 on numbers and letters
49 58 52 46 42 49 58 42 4f 57 53 54 52 49 4e 47 50 49 58 5a 57 4f 47
Convert hex to Ascii
IXRFBIXBOWSTRINGPIXZWOG
Numbers are using the last letters of their written form
6rfb6bowstringp6z2g
Code #3
Observations
15 characters with the right amount of numbers for a valid passcode, but with a twist this time
Make a 3×5 grid
b |
q |
5 |
t |
6 |
u |
e |
a |
c |
3 |
h |
r |
n |
5 |
s |
Read going left from the upper right 5
5qbu6tcaerh3s5n
Reverse prefix, keyword and suffix
6ubq5reactn5s3h
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