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201402111714 1xm889

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
1xm889
Title
201402111714 → 2014-02-11 17:14 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-11 15:14:55
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 17:14 against posted 15:14 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 57 (seed 758,305,750) (seed)
Draw
23 · predicted N = 2 ✓
Machine boot
2014-01-30 00:36–04:36 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

ba02827d5e8c884d4e8cb14d7c9b6af8 699757615e7ef93cc42caa64cee7aa9d 77b920031f5e65ca9586cad7e4704b5b a7666b2096d09c509e6d52a28f344889 b821ba4ae794edab 

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 23 of Run 57 (seed 758,305,750): new Random(758305750), Next(0,44) 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 2014-01-30 00:36–04:36).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.