Without a Trace

Limitless Podcast Transcript [S2E4]

Johnny: Oh? Hold on, I'll have to go through my sources again.

Mark: Me too, Cheshire is pretty enigmatic in terms of they only ever showed up a few times on the news, moreso on Twitter and Reddit threads.

Johnny: It's so weird, almost kind of intentional. Not to mention a good majority of those sources are encrypted now.

Mark: Encrypted by Cypher, right, allegedly.

Johnny: Allgedly. All we have is the cryptic redirect to that empty page and Cypher's notorious mascot.

Mark: It's kind of eerie, no? I remember opening one and the redirect freaked me out. I stayed on the page for a while and it just force quit my browser.

Johnny: Seriously? That's insane.

Mark: Yeah, it scared me so much I gasped pretty loud. Yuta even came to check on me and everything.

Johnny: Shoot, I bet. Cypher must be moderating those or something. Cypher is on this Internet crusade to expose all of these horrible people. Every month they expose someone new for their crimes on the web and just... wow. That's kind of scary. Cypher has so much access to all of this sensitive information and [gasp] what if they're listening right now?

Mark: Cypher's already gone through you're entire camera roll, Johnny.

Johnny: Shit, if they did, I'm so sorry you had to see those pictures of me in spandex. I bet Cypher's seen your browser history, Mark.

Mark: All Cypher would see is the various streams of ANiMA songs combined with the tabs among tabs of research I do for this show.

Johnny: Only reason why we haven't been targeted, maybe they're also an ANiMA fan.

Mark: Ugh, get me some tickets to their concert please! But, back on track, why don't we talk about Cypher's most recent target? Johnny, take it away.

Johnny: So, recently as in last week, Cypher exposed the househusband Jerry Turston for various accounts and possession of illegal... videos, so to say, involving underaged individuals. Cypher posted the webcam footage on social media platforms everywhere and, on that topic, we'll talk about that as well.

Mark: Every single account that Cypher has created has been flagged, banned, and reported as soon as they arrive. But with the rather cult following Cypher has garnered has caused these exposés to forever circulate. It even lead to a load of copycat accounts that required thorough investigations into.

Johnny: Yup, I still remember when the first copycat came out and the investigation team announced that it was a fake because the expose was missing a very vital feature that every Cypher attack had.

Mark: For reference, "Cypher Attack" was coined by Chief Investigator Kim Kibum to describe the attacks. In all of these instances, Cypher takes over major television stations and large social media accounts to post his findings and lets the public and police do the rest. There have been many times Cypher has even, albeit unsolcited, aided the investigation teams in finding certain criminals.

Johnny: Never vigilantes though, Cypher seems to have some kind of hold on many vigilante sources.

Mark: Right, I vaguely remember Jaehyun mentioning that in his research for his book, he'd get strange messages prefaced by a cartoonish monster.