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201403100659 20114w

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
20114w
Title
201403100659 → 2014-03-10 06:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-10 05:59:57
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 06:59 against posted 05:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
528 hex characters · 264 bytes
N from length
8 (64·N + 16 = 528)
Run
Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750) (seed)
Draw
31 · predicted N = 8 ✓
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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

659d5da7d1635eaaac1e766cfa4cab6b cacc77f631552600bf5da8dd6748dbdf b69603f3c7f4e8227e2970056d21664e 033bafb15f360042e612b25d352c2f0e 69c978f62c63efc2351e53ba7c8aabf7 a6ffdfe870207a81a1824d6c97de2c8e 87d8d08e4816d279364115b01e8281ee 809879cdcebfb264138ae2e98cc320d7 f439c81417943f047d82d5f477c99c42 69fd023c1914680dd5b08d89c7b2e745 fdff9a811327f0ce65ac070779645a44 262501ac845b9ba96c3bb259ce424047 4670bddcc56d3625d4d826df32bd2571 295c540e43ce7ea7febb5a70dcb1cc07 b678c8c7339c257d077fe532350a2bc9 5175338196dfc73acc2688b45a947312 89d8bde4e6df1f1b 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 528 hex characters = 64 × 8 + 16, i.e. N = 8 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 31 of Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750): new Random(1704050750), Next(0,36) per post. The RNG predicts N = 8; the post has N = 8 ✓. 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.