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From GitHub to Moments: How Base64 Became a Social Secret Code

Base64, an encoding tool from the programmer's toolbox, unexpectedly became a "secret code" on social media. It can turn text and links into strings that look like gibberish, both evading platform moderation and creating playful communication that only those in the know can crack. From GitHub to Moments, this is not just technology breaking out of its circle, but also people's cleverness in finding private spaces in an information-overloaded environment. The article explains this phenomenon in a colloquial way, and also reminds everyone that it's not real encryption.