I think the lingering question now is, where's the files to decrypt? A proper deadmans switch like this would only be useful if everyone actually knew where the file was. It would seem like such a file would be not hidden, but in plain sight.

I would say that some random person figured it out by running the text through some basic cipher types online. In fact, it's kind of silly that it wasn't found sooner given that the hint was clearly there, with random phrases (not entirely meaningless) that were clearly there to accentuate an attribute of why it was written like that, so the first letter of every sentence makes sense.

I think the person just sitting on it just didn't know what to do with it, and I don't think this is the password that actually unlocks the file, seems more like a clue to another hashed password.

I think it's possible that the files have already been erased, because his emblem21 website redirects to a github page that no longer exists and probably hasn't for some time.

What I don't get is why wouldn't he just make the files publicly available so people could decrypt it.

I think the lingering question now is, where's the files to decrypt? A proper deadmans switch like this would only be useful if everyone actually knew where the file was. It would seem like such a file would be not hidden, but in plain sight.

I would say that some random person figured it out by running the text through some basic cipher types online. In fact, it's kind of silly that it wasn't found sooner given that the hint was clearly there, with random phrases (not entirely meaningless) that were clearly there to accentuate an attribute of why it was written like that, so the first letter of every sentence makes sense.

I think the person just sitting on it just didn't know what to do with it, and I don't think this is the password that actually unlocks the file, seems more like a clue to another hashed password.

I think it's possible that the files have already been erased, because his emblem21 website redirects to a github page that no longer exists.

I think the lingering question now is, where's the files to decrypt? A proper deadmans switch like this would only be useful if everyone actually knew where the file was. It would seem like such a file would be not hidden, but in plain sight.

I would say that some random person figured it out by running the text through some basic cipher types online. In fact, it's kind of silly that it wasn't found sooner given that the hint was clearly there, with random phrases (not entirely meaningless) that were clearly there to accentuate an attribute of why it was written like that, so the first letter of every sentence makes sense.

I think the person just sitting on it just didn't know what to do with it, and I don't think this is the password that actually unlocks the file, seems more like a clue to another hashed password.

I think it's possible that the files have already been erased, because his website redirects to a github page that no longer exists.

I think the lingering question now is, where's the files to decrypt? A proper deadmans switch like this would only be useful if everyone actually knew where the file was. It would seem like such a file would be not hidden, but in plain sight.

I would say that some random person figured it out by running the text through some basic cipher types online. In fact, it's kind of silly that it wasn't found sooner given that the hint was clearly there, with random phrases (not entirely meaningless) that were clearly there to accentuate an attribute of why it was written like that, so the first letter of every sentence makes sense.

I think the person just sitting on it just didn't know what to do with it, and I don't think this is the password that actually unlocks the file, seems more like a clue to another hashed password.

I think the lingering question now is, where's the files to decrypt? A proper deadmans switch like this would only be useful if everyone actually knew where the file was. It would seem like such a file would be not hidden, but in plain sight.