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201312061859 1sar0l

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
1sar0l
Title
201312061859 → 2013-12-06 18:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-07 04:59:54
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
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
283 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

0fb0cc7fd0df9528fd6fde88ec6bd099 eb3d9fe1f8668666c3f2918cd5d0233a 4baf7d2074e5e7c25725d69ef94f1436 b8161f9b810c53d607da0cce7eed0242 5decdb548c2b20f53c09bbf9ad78f262 e51dfb4520b3a59406306a788d5673ab 517b509a0671de091e911a3718147eac 0b70618ed84fede0e1375dee036616ed 234bd3fe72fdc238b1ded7e1b265288f 234c257606a474bf30abb1df7c3ce9b2 cd8d76b20c047a87 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 283 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 = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.