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201403131400 20c1bw

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
20c1bw
Title
201403131400 → 2014-03-13 14:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-13 18:00:02
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 14:00 against posted 18:00 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
14 · 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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

04064a4e7705cb2c792cfd2f4052dc25 05f8c5466e4c6759bf5a481e7f26acc4 4cf22482725ce1b126181f469688e1c3 6a2664f90244161614f945f320db7f1a 45264100d2cc145b10e15d97cb6295a3 72156b19294e1a87dab217b025380556 87068f078fe9d8e99fa071a76406d668 a01bbded970ad3b5222c1bab3ef13322 5925cc27aa7bd224383a19b511e71030 2dcf9f40a2fa7d5d7425bf4f3b983a0d 85dad54d43df3336911c34d823459b31 e72b4187708bc8f42b823d4673e5c9fb 7960b5b034debbbf8544b6d5a4d5dccc ea43377891d1a2860fb1c3467316bfa2 27e5c63998c179c942a03ac1e6a97770 6cab2fbfaaf619901c20c9c7dee8875b fe9e261d2b688480f4b7245fb4f5325a 52e1ae2d4af737a7a2926b7c8a40ecff aec093dd74d85810 

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 14 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.