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The HTML is clean. The renderer still loaded instructions for how this page should look.
CASE 008 · CSS Source
Stylesheet 404
The answer is not in the visible artifact and not in its HTML text.
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300 pts
Hint penalty: 35 pts
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CSS Source
A browser consumes HTML, CSS, scripts, images, and metadata as separate resources. Information can therefore exist in a machine-consumed resource without appearing in the rendered text content.
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Can CSS store arbitrary strings?
CSS custom properties can store token sequences, including strings, for later use by other declarations or scripts.
Does a CSS custom property become visible automatically?
No. A declared value has no visible effect unless another rule consumes it in a way that affects rendering.