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201403051000 1zm5ye

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
1zm5ye
Title
201403051000 → 2014-03-05 10:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-05 10:00:02
Timezone
UTC · title 10:00 against posted 10:00 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
2 · 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
13 · 7
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

61b36b704234ff96a2e18ee91068a3d6 73b2533ddc9fb9f29791840183b235f8 8c6e12ac8ced584ee93a0382d9c600da 5d670ab34c1a1478c8f600fb06dfb6a8 3862ab3ace63bec3270de311eff8d8da 0cc1386161512c0630388cc4a9483a8f c12a5802ce2137a8f86307154e698e2e a1ebd37b29cce2e4438cf568b7bb2e09 41e4182451baad8e14752505ee874398 8e3d571a084b0f6f5db0202f53264ee4 58996a3716930d109a381bb334b81717 eefe0af5251c95dfefda29ebe543737b 50d83b9242a5f1d6 

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 2 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.