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201311210759 1r5jbl

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
1r5jbl
Title
201311210759 → 2013-11-21 07:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-11-21 17:59:53
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 07:59 against posted 17:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
138 · predicted N = 3 ✓
Machine boot
2013-11-14 10:28–11:28 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

5b494c2a183a63d8a435e5405e807dbe eeed8d7f88ca758dd23469348f53050d de65096eb7e84c55f44441f20eff259f 076516aab43715097a4b324ad18e1802 29d858c075cb54894905b396b5b392cb bb6aebb5c95b1857c495c92485784c56 018b347092e60dcc 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
  2. Key unknown. The post-cutover key (2013-10-16 onwards) has not been found, so the GUIDs themselves cannot be read. Everything else about the post is accounted for.
  3. Explain the count. This post is draw 138 of Run 55 (seed 135,104,921): new Random(135104921), Next(0,184), then Next(0,124) from draw 193 per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2013-11-14 10:28–11:28).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.