how did you know that it was a base64 text? #9
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In general, for bases, as long as you're exposed to them enough, you'll be able to recognize them pretty quickly. For base64, there's a few distinct features:
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In general, for bases, as long as you're exposed to them enough, you'll be able to recognize them pretty quickly. For base64, there's a few distinct features:
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as paddingTLDR: learn that patterns that are distinct to each base