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201312261532 1traih

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
1traih
Title
201312261532 → 2013-12-26 15:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-26 20:32:49
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
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 56 (seed 561,089,375) (seed)
Draw
68 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
11 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c5cade49f0439baf1db0f9162d7b5bee 7ccd1cbbfa47a9115d98d454285a3892 0045585e12801e4754199a8ed1476946 b395628bc95df7a25bf96e369bf18330 7275baf9aabbdb0ac4b381e4c54ab687 33e4168936c0df9d0b4bf1ce093774fe 2c5f66a18b55bd51 

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 68 of Run 56 (seed 561,089,375): new Random(561089375), Next(0,98) 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 2013-12-11 20:41–23:41).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.