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201403070159 1zrvcu

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
1zrvcu
Title
201403070159 → 2014-03-07 01:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-07 02:00:00
Timezone
UTC · title 01:59 against posted 02:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750) (seed)
Draw
12 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

36df9a264143c101971e85ac42487ccc 48b4786be1ceb107e76caf2678317860 4b3a2de46ed0e3ac8c60c05d7a89c131 43035901f1850f6b1700a1f28106c8e9 a43679e6ae8272ac 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 59 (seed 1,704,050,750): new Random(1704050750), Next(0,36) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.