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201402171959 1y66hh

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
1y66hh
Title
201402171959 → 2014-02-17 19:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-02-17 19:59:57
Timezone
UTC · title 19:59 against posted 19:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 58 (seed 115,354,343) (seed)
Draw
25 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

99f07ffd8c48dac9303131d8f94914d7 e674e0740467c56cff90aa49f1df028a a8188bfec7fc1a6cdc95b7191ccba5de 5b6d0196bb34caed0d7b4408cd6ecf13 8cdbb43149d44967f7229138ee38e764 6816487698f0378933603a1dea415e5c 3789fa8667085f88046158503e6b4628 e3953a2e2acd0c71b9e644719839b255 8b996cbf208e2b658638cb66b5aa918d 614efe1c80278a54ccd5edcf5e78117b a1531e9025002777 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 25 of Run 58 (seed 115,354,343): new Random(115354343), Next(0,44) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.