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201401020032 1u7l6n

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
1u7l6n
Title
201401020032 → 2014-01-02 00:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-01-02 05:32:42
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 00:32 against posted 05:32 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
119 · 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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

b7ac1a90c361385a751f0a78c0c8e74f f21fd86b9cb5cca018f02ad0b5472938 0df0dc7da8d1b544a5a6ec9577ab9076 671de4c04ea7186547a92ddd43afbe9d fa529c7de81f376c 

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 119 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.