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201312201532 1tck7e

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
1tck7e
Title
201312201532 → 2013-12-20 15:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-20 20:32:57
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 15:32 against posted 20:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 56 (seed 561,089,375) (seed)
Draw
20 · predicted N = 6 ✓
Machine boot
2013-12-11 20:41–23:41 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

f0146dc5edc8db3099a241ecdd91bd5b 64c122b187c2ca1ac00ae774e1e08dd9 bcd5f64f3e57df1d3038d96018578f08 3d42d3dc6755a32b3b6b971d31bc43f3 bc7774e213973fa06d28f0d309c1ff15 34288d76b30c122e2bcf33cac45311e2 d7712e63bf34f1c7cce32d62a08b5c27 49fc4da4ec739c62b834d0d2c6e400a2 e3fc9a4e6c4b2107f5147529b0e687ab 6655c117612e1ba71badd720c3d9aee6 6eff24b4214f3c3c948794181d710e1f 047e7109305ff3728fef49d88c28858f 49a53365c67de243 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 20 of Run 56 (seed 561,089,375): new Random(561089375), Next(0,98) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2013-12-11 20:41–23:41).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.