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201401160932 1vd2jb

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
1vd2jb
Title
201401160932 → 2014-01-16 09:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-01-16 14:32:26
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 09:32 against posted 14:32 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
234 · 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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

890ed0b428a7c4d1e5c9e28eba074e29 1d29f4abc9b987dd93083b35584b91e5 d2760a32e7ef91ff6ccefdfed28930da 61619874c29746f08859bcce96d3598e 1acb97a691b0a59eb2a385d047b85cbd 4a3cbc0edaa00ee08ff31941a9bc833f 153a225b2016c9478a7fa1e6b4b77fd6 d78d623907cadd46d34b9cf0c7a2db1f cdc45a10738f5c0c 

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 234 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.