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201312240632 1tlnxu

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
1tlnxu
Title
201312240632 → 2013-12-24 06:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-24 11:32:52
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 06:32 against posted 11:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 56 (seed 561,089,375) (seed)
Draw
49 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

17c869629e0aeb3bbae6edf534ed24f9 22bd8d2249d685925d8618ef48c8f059 15d337e6af8f36816c6d805a5f7d2a8c f2d1b43104a7be733a7b7b52cf9f0440 f1f4df5c0c1a80c3 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 49 of Run 56 (seed 561,089,375): new Random(561089375), Next(0,98) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.