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201401140032 1v66o2

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
1v66o2
Title
201401140032 → 2014-01-14 00:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-01-14 05:32:28
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
215 · 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-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a87db5b3cb26b688ba35c2428dcb0ff1 9ab87ac30377afd2e0043fa9bc592863 2c17259a53e04b721917a99beae0790f d88297b175819f880e17217eb781ceca 572537c41fd5eef1 

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 215 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.