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201402160759 1y1qf5

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
1y1qf5
Title
201402160759 → 2014-02-16 07:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-16 07:59:59
Timezone
UTC · title 07:59 against posted 07:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 58 (seed 115,354,343) (seed)
Draw
13 · predicted N = 10 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9b84d8e556a11a79257cdf8981cba647 344e426bd67fbd651fd29e88ee9dd722 4d1fb327cd9eaca7473cde0eb4331b8c 2b2612fe321446a1e24ccf73a7ce49ea 708fbf26f2b00d193c2bbd679d4288fe ce449aa9573d686f65eaf8dc4e9c0f21 aea282181fc7153c7fb59d024b609e2f 1cf5b627fdc218ece54fa71e6daff3f8 f2954c6f430791e4c3c531666f201f36 e0c2e1a148b3d1f773ffd61cb9944fa2 423d412dec00d3b466f014185b288fac 350d1ee49aaee865ba55be04a8a3e347 bf4ed2e623a718b87508f89f6cf9a328 0b07152d23c0b6c28f856e56003b99fe a620e246ec91bf1c24989449d958f182 d4ca186f71e7d1ef15a5b31cf724d81e 02367e88f94f46a8674b72455559a687 c4a0af1530f7d3ba4e79fd87c5897fac 28253e3b3648bf680c896580471042de 3164d7d82e3894005db9b26373adae49 ee58f8c8071118be 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 13 of Run 58 (seed 115,354,343): new Random(115354343), Next(0,44) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. 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.