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201402160459 1y1fbn

inferred encrypted filler

N=38

Metadata

Post ID
1y1fbn
Title
201402160459 → 2014-02-16 04:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-16 04:59:59
Timezone
UTC · title 04:59 against posted 04:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,448 hex characters · 1,224 bytes
N from length
38 (64·N + 16 = 2448)
Run
Run 58 (seed 115,354,343) (seed)
Draw
12 · predicted N = 38 ✓
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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

98431fee4018629e398581e2d5acb085 0f5db9d00d2ce9ef964acae3ff4396bd 1dd6f922ac2c10aa984b7755ad8ba7eb 04b632e693bb62aef4fa2cf623793c7f e7e8d9d1333a3a6b9f0655768c85c2f0 b20943231b915df1d394e7b6b22f9924 b4261b337426b2b4963ab06872784d99 6e0a59c7f9a0ced5946fd406c0a58c72 2c23ff448ad1edede3f215f10b294a8c 015cc13856549e5899dee6ccf1ec810d 71ab13af1da0fb14b68894e09e5c7fdf 9d0ad587c653975fa8d6104b760b7e5b 5fb8ad2c1575f04bb2b1df980eb316f9 4ce0de2ba84d90d81bf213022897c2c2 cafae173ea92de1be6e1e2f1ace34761 58c9e0cc4b71da198e3827c3bfcaeef5 f2a550dc264e9f36a4c2211ebb686645 d1a8c8640da46fafdd69a2f78b14532c f2c4bfc5355762df4315f30725392204 bcf6823547ca60dd2c1a6836067de725 f4b91cee97a624c09623dfc09674fb45 3425e566b7ea772602d1bff904da5f10 420e3fe1536a2e1d2b1b47bf9f24b02b 493fb7c4d477fda767564f843f2c61cd 30bceefb54d569ca71042df9e51f4b95 853ae5aff14a3c8d506b85a8f820af10 76da0dc7e5eed205ac945e82d2b0addb ae02e57dc1eaed7f40dab282eeefcb2f d461108f60e2a372dfc047cb78dc994a b6977096ad3f54c4e324196335c874e4 5ecd04c74eb2ecbbdbf2e8f751fe2280 ad6bd4da1544d7e80e5ad1c4c8a84149 e2299d31fb22b4f9aa2e53e848185329 e22cc7aaf6db0a5d53638d1ec94e5b86 efab6d228b31c86f7d3af4102811a14a 29215c3ecd9be10d777b2a17cecf633b cd73464d72fb1c09379740afe40cd624 11b229bbf1ca95fb9baaf4e4cae2b8bf befa7f37b2883d246e0deb8ed9b6835d 0165ef3f2531512986cfe78de3a9c57d 166ba0b8f0684bc756e8d161cbf5ac1a 1a4ff99c8e04a4fa0033a2e87d35b71e 19e48656b5ffa54e63f715ef1cd23c03 cf91bb6ddd4836efbe68c37dcd6c2f5b a47e69389c88035163b3626446ddb929 0adcbf115fb638ad0147d2fb955031d1 2bd4f181eb6a5b8ba8d21f6978dd8e88 1be660e8abc21530e5e6325a41194e22 1fdaf09546ef310b7fa345591a564bbe 8a4a1e0af1714f4b49c4fe5737f6a5a6 b133a9b107c5064b95e6c4b326d94c07 3473f15031392fe816b612994312807a 6c723b587074794250b026cff5976c99 dcd721e2892a619d21b8b0b1696ab2b4 a1328a15acfb9b4e278f6572a3ceb4b2 1d902711773f7fb4b8a6ba871eb5a816 17aa6df2467eeef30d718486fbd001e0 c847f9ab1576df37faf9ba6600e9fa6a 28d5e20ce4298959a5efac73e05418f1 b18ec74d70ca3f7c8349258c2367cb55 e3908b408102646736b93fa6c6d4ef32 634cfe4697396de5f28e5af95f826da3 9dc5d937eb02aebcbbab9dc90b59c623 5b460d2a9039d6b8973bdc5be2db9a90 3ea30391a10a25a33b741ebede45bc8f 4678b006d2b3699f8b2181b437d4cb0f 27a36b591f3d2b56e1bd09f7c87124b9 85d488f7fba0ca079b124053b0571393 3b23799c5227989146dec1d028654fdf e8b7af1624533944f82e69bd7451b530 8c57c874ac145f85f4ada0aeab6c0fd9 c10a464615de5a385c5cecdb3c8848f8 7af15b6ec104077f99cd9b1ca7df7cb2 83d2109b1904f867dc5f05ffcda477c5 78b5322c3b691ef142a32dd7eb616f43 f0fc6a9ff66cfcfe3dbb293669f36915 0bb22a7db914ac7e 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,448 hex characters = 64 × 38 + 16, i.e. N = 38 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 12 of Run 58 (seed 115,354,343): new Random(115354343), Next(0,44) per post. The RNG predicts N = 38; the post has N = 38 ✓. 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.