Three codes were hidden in the HTML source of the THE PAST post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] ovt31xzkgfiv246iz
[2] nvwomlmwllwvxllnwmvlwbodvxexvde
[3] tsso98patera84re2c
Code #1
Observations
This passcode was still live at the moment of writing the post
Hint: Passcode format is there. You’ve seen this before but are probably wondering why it is invalid. Remember, it’s just a game of opposites
Code #2
Observations
Lots of repeating letters, they do have a special range
Convert letters to numbers using a=0
13 21 22 14 12 11 12 22 11 11 22 21 23 11 11 13 22 12 21 11 22 1 14 3 21 23 4 23 21 3 4
If you add up all the digits you get 104 which can be divided by 8. Good candidate for binary RLE
01110010 01101111 01101011 00110101 00110010 01110101 01110011 01100101 00110100 00111001 00111000 01100011 01110000
Convert binary to Ascii
rok52use498cp
Code #3
Observations
18 characters with the right amount of numbers for a valid passcode
Using a Regex search with ^[tsso98patera84re2c]{8}$
shows that separate is the only possibile keyword
Make a 6×3 grid
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Reorder columns as 4, 1, 2, 5, 6, 3
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