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201311211859 1r74fd

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
1r74fd
Title
201311211859 → 2013-11-21 18:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-11-22 04:59:53
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 18:59 against posted 04:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
149 · predicted N = 7 ✓
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)

006d9d0309730b28a7ab8a8b7b889d5c efb6d5f5468490d985c6a2d74d418a64 90176ec4a976fea8c63f6d5bc544189d f965b56ca01dde07168fdde343994817 fc4af54b549f1894ac0800a2a61c2ff1 373b2b95fd7f4d96975c1936d4b10499 d6582e6b7638104161b013dd3fc819af 2b01811d727e33b7ba274b9a91b0d01c 743780a83849ff65b54a268f91f7930f dc7b849b9b2b2c644cb3847c0a078fe4 7868a0ef3e98c46432bd19d8da6dbaee f52fb2831d66818866c49f883a77e279 c290ddfc601a655ac0e0d69896ea24cf 06cb12dc7bc1814585e85f75fb33167a c5a6b8a3ab81df60 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 149 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 = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. 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.