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201403050600 1zls3n

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
1zls3n
Title
201403050600 → 2014-03-05 06:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-05 06:00:02
Timezone
UTC · title 06:00 against posted 06:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750) (seed)
Draw
1 · predicted N = 6 ✓
Machine boot
2014-02-13 08:39–12:39 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
25 · 4
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

eb192f3dfea9c1a88a2ac71ad5297980 56be605964882d96480a3e8637939b6f c99713b0d6b7eb6c15b9b1d7ad0fe05f 729d5a2a828930ca717426cb0b3b8d26 12aa6bf8dc5abdd0254fbef1f6a5f576 06f52b7dfe91536db4334839f39af499 a5b2a13b78630ae66cae75e0172b638f e6e355ba396b12a6fdaf664a6c5d919d 5d4b4e7f918a866f257b8ca076e5a06a 942374601384753b81186f38d4e6ba83 fc81ff8ba7ce576764ac27927d5f293b f4a4a2bf568bf4b99c2ec15015c8b211 3e0730ef40fe7c34 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 1 of Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750): new Random(1704050750), Next(0,36) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-02-13 08:39–12:39).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.