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‘Leaked Email” PGP Verified (2020)

‘The Leaked Email’, an auxiliary communication from 2012, was long assumed to be genuine, but lacked a valid PGP signature. In 2020, a version of ‘The Leaked Email’ with an intact, valid PGP signature was found. ‘The Leaked Email’ is significant largely due to its description of 3301 as an organization, including their goals and general nature.

‘The Leaked Email’ (2012)

—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION! Congratulations. Your testing has finally come to an end. We hope you have enjoyed the “vacation” over the last few weeks. You will be very busy now should you choose to join us. There are two final steps, although there won’t be any hidden codes, or secret messages, or physical treasure hunts. This first of these is only honesty. We have always been honest with you, and we shall continue to be honest with you. And we expect you to be honest with us in return. You have all wondered who we are, and so we shall now tell you : We are an international group. We have no name. We have no symbol. We have no membership rosters. We do not have a public website, and we do not advertise ourselves. We are a group of individuals who have proven ourselves. Much like you have by completing this recruitment contest. And we are drawn together by common beliefs. A careful reading of the texts used in the contest would have revealed some of these beliefs : that tyranny and oppression of any kind must end; that censorship is wrong; and that privacy is an inalienable right. We are not a “hacker” group. Nor are we a “warez” group. We do not engage in illegal activity, nor do our members. If you are engaged in illegal activity, we ask that you cease any and all illegal activities or decline membership at this time. We will not ask questions if you decline; however, if you lie to us we will find out. You are undoubtedly wondering what it is that we do. We are much like a “Think Tank” in that our primary focus is on researching and developing techniques to aid the ideas we advocate : liberty, privacy, security. You have undoubtedly heard of a few of our past projects. And if you choose to accept membership, we are happy to have you on board to help with future projects. Please answer the next few questions, and send your encrypted responses to c1231507051321@gmail.com * Do you believe that every human being has a right to privacy and anonymity, and is within their rights to use tools which help obtain and maintain privacy : i.e., cash, strong encryption, anonymity software, etc? * Do you believe that information should be free? * Do you believe that censorship harms humanity? We look forward to hearing from you. 3301 —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRMuCKAAoJEBgfAeV6NQkPjCoQALzk/jfmJQbuGxu4jI++cR77 hJiE9yOhTgNeDcKPNYv5xBbJJEKrvd35dZ2YhKG672Z7Zf2Y+1LkoNRtkqyFFHRX mKASfYYFMg7kyL5+kNxe5EZvgECAC2lADhmI0cFxsWgnWEXO/KE++raJDJ3jBzW5 hwscmD0g/KpieZTONwLRmdOj6VRjKrBzVeQilxdaqXD9Np4/t3+SwoAjLvQeVmzK 9etICCa1OcycnQhr+LgBLOTgAw7qMfLMIISxahAxKpCOxQSeN/rph9PAgm/oumy4 5NOaomDlHTVwTx2jzeFnd+vvFU9xYatun3RyBwOpmwTukEjDG3ze/IsSEQ/OV/bP j8d19uPMX69Tg/TogJSDRv4R2o5ASq0pXoI/OcJ/mBTEsP0ks2A0t+jw6uuT0HAi k2EsQBBVZFAPxMPVUwLs8iZurqLCkSeXnGYOElspm8RVAY+9r1GSNjo3QkoTJSPy Yx9CHzVzD6z3RRHHAgkf2tQsadRS5qxijaBEV64J/JLl8qKzf4tqXVoL4rV4FkrN VAABvpAjbZTWtu7VJJkvJhPseL8HJjcvdCadMElKZ6paaIj45mfYeIov0mbbCDQH m7ZzOdWqmEOIXfMsCoAGlqd7wY0DAsLhxmH3ks/wkURf+/qboFuZO9y5mEoaj6xO vJB0iPO0eCsuOQCbn6rr =e3lt —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–


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