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201403072159 1zud9m

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
1zud9m
Title
201403072159 → 2014-03-07 21:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-07 21:59:59
Timezone
UTC · title 21:59 against posted 21:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750) (seed)
Draw
17 · predicted N = 9 ✓
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)

b6665fb7363a51914ecbe4dda1bfddd6 9e44b88c5aed880e5f266ffea4972b89 cbaffe5822a4c199b55035bdef2459f3 06606d26eac46c11dcf5f620e8999798 9753cb7bb63094f7ef4b642350694391 ad86177be4312fd413d0ff408607948a 6fb9c7fb7abcfbb4450932272786f6eb 38d298e2ce98e5da7562ee97c447555c 5ede4302af44d06497e5c6ba5be95909 5092ca4904b4f058b2c4e05ae83cb8da 55ba9166e4177dfb1e6e12ad8460ec6c 3adcd70574ce7f0a9b4919a78ab2c906 2482a870b01a90aa8c3e7575c62db189 c5ebdb35df20ddd994d5f50f628163da 3bc15ae4c7e05266d620cfc49ff68d0f 82ac35cc05856b6b1c9aae8a673cef50 015c2acb39e4f0077491ccf2ee15e9b2 85ffcf167d2ca5a61e2146e7df7d4106 59fdc5ea64b3e352 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 592 hex characters = 64 × 9 + 16, i.e. N = 9 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 17 of Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750): new Random(1704050750), Next(0,36) per post. The RNG predicts N = 9; the post has N = 9 ✓. 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.