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201401050032 1ufxfx

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
1ufxfx
Title
201401050032 → 2014-01-05 00:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-01-05 05:32:39
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
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 56 (seed 561,089,375) (seed)
Draw
143 · predicted N = 4 ✓
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
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

3fb0b35f24d3078f42c5d7119dbacfef 558258003e330b16459cdd84f1f62019 e4103e2d1efd52ce60d59f0ec1baa2ee 9533d79a1e6440d1183ca343ca8aff84 f00da99071cfea8686cebe358496509b d53f40f0aec6806cf75634b1037bd3b6 41f06cc2da7dfa02d5b8ba530e1b8842 193f1c2cf5a2563df06f12d9b3e2e402 1ffb34a189671310 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 272 hex characters = 64 × 4 + 16, i.e. N = 4 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 143 of Run 56 (seed 561,089,375): new Random(561089375), Next(0,98) per post. The RNG predicts N = 4; the post has N = 4 ✓. 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.