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201403090159 1zxoz3

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
1zxoz3
Title
201403090159 → 2014-03-09 01:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-09 01:59:58
Timezone
UTC · title 01:59 against posted 01:59 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
24 · 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
8 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

94498b309141871b3d59bb10a96a196c 3be774c9192fb0ddfd011e3e81f60494 6027f5796af6a3337434e9c42bccb5da e13768096fab30663a541155fe6da5d0 ef52906ed7b3de5cf191587d0ff74fa7 51a34df330fd5b5d1d64cbdae0e68d54 d144b58968dc613fab9f313f5042f4f1 a58a58c7bd5e357213993f83dd06b29e 703b5d9db4933bbd615982fb56cfd221 fb1b4919001bb11176013cc0951d71ee 422ca43124957a362665c22e0031ee93 6aa6673c345337961be89f3b315a063e a4d1dc2dc810fb81d523387d5068b615 db11885454b71986176b4fb326752ff6 9a172329d6cf739b9f905b89af7787f0 6804b9b3386daaf2ae2c1df2c6c9c5bf f147ddd462df05ddf6e1283f22cb8245 aa18ca0f87587e47b0bfd276208e4652 34f58efaa1d0da0a 

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 24 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.