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201402142259 1xxsfr

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
1xxsfr
Title
201402142259 → 2014-02-14 22:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-14 23:00:00
Timezone
UTC · title 22:59 against posted 23:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 58 (seed 115,354,343) (seed)
Draw
2 · predicted N = 7 ✓
Machine boot
2014-02-13 08:57–11:57 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

dd78b45f641580e4c7746d6f1f2b6005 3980dbd07a4e3b5ff64fef8c63e7a5a8 49832db87b0b91847976b9b98d1f8cd8 7fa3cb670b9a12d3f073980394dacdd0 6d3d484c00321ad7d5c343a1628648fa f9e2d25afac68e1a998f1b1f8cb5f56b aacc93601dc8715884115536f69235e4 c3797443c71fac173e087b844596f9b9 9dd6c89474d0cadf11da45c42a8ae991 c2d210b6a316be78d970c250d352d576 4627907ac8bc00256470bd6d161df378 a8602df3f5b54e0cfe74e6f67cfa8948 231297750152934a4e6699b4886e2a65 60c4fc183967332f2b9cc503acc19a13 e64d74ff5667c042 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 2 of Run 58 (seed 115,354,343): new Random(115354343), Next(0,44) per post. The RNG predicts N = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-02-13 08:57–11:57).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.