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201403120259 206z5v

inferred encrypted filler

N=1

Metadata

Post ID
206z5v
Title
201403120259 → 2014-03-12 02:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-12 01:59:55
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 02:59 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
80 hex characters · 40 bytes
N from length
1 (64·N + 16 = 80)
Run
Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750) (seed)
Draw
42 · predicted N = 1 ✓
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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e5dfe3f3e14803420e9f23d0b5a823cb 1bc023f8c8ab358550c3608b80022428 ff2e315eaaa4482d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 80 hex characters = 64 × 1 + 16, i.e. N = 1 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 42 of Run 59 (seed 1,704,050,750): new Random(1704050750), Next(0,36) per post. The RNG predicts N = 1; the post has N = 1 ✓. 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.