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201403121600 20998z

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
20998z
Title
201403121600 → 2014-03-12 16:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-12 20:00:03
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 16:00 against posted 20:00 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 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
3 · predicted N = 9 ✓
Machine boot
2014-03-12 08:29–10:29 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

5600b5aea183bf95a722bb70960b8daa 0af596207794ab90fa1736cc65d113ca fedb58925e1cd9814f81033d6796ec3d 4f9287b808948fea9e32abd150e51fbd 28097ed34f04bcf7e56ce79462f99399 4c8cf84dfac9f663da165e00349af2d0 1cb1210a6e87156a9c7a8bf9cf56b9d8 bb8467addd874a43046742e5691fa999 d6df465f598e73705064527cfe36bf9d ead8b5e63f5c4ca323d3bd66227c06ae 95de9e3712036c07353b90ed37f8694b 988a51d6665b405b4f611d1b8e9f7d51 506f7fc47115f60748f8321d95984350 251378a7d136f79cabbd2a97ea49315b c91a1c516d5f8a8cd0eb906cb9c3995e c599a42944d0b2c06fa05bdd4d5a72ee a65b0627b498556a475e015e8a8b6034 6ff9f213c6d73e4f8ab54efc90e5dfe5 73a2f63f9a322349 

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 3 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) 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 2014-03-12 08:29–10:29).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.