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201403132200 20dbyw

inferred encrypted filler

N=23

Metadata

Post ID
20dbyw
Title
201403132200 → 2014-03-13 22:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-14 02:00:06
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 22:00 against posted 02:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,488 hex characters · 744 bytes
N from length
23 (64·N + 16 = 1488)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
18 · predicted N = 23 ✓
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)

64fe724cc605201c78932385694918e9 ffc3c22ffd07d93def5d49215c60904b 6bc907e9aa9c17777e8b31f4877d797a acf65cf900c02d35d9860666114eabb0 a23c63c41d39f341445edd5b707ceafc a796f13fcdb2695ce4da6c8321deaccb eb7b1dfa06d8d5f0a68f686b4a97b2db 823d24fd89140eb69bd9882db3e37998 ef6b1df3b4d026385d800709cf8f8897 7c6510a000bc5f2b0ddba7cc86c98b7b f390c70cbe0cd51013bcf3afeba3176a c27ae057e5b1e27c2e91c413121bc859 7ec56d876559683eefc53070a737edc1 fc0523f2ea49aad912771801dd9fb685 5eadcf0dc0b4f8700ab4064ae3f7bad0 6ceabcdb7682bac0a5f65e77cf623753 1e49fccade773b334facfa55dc696c80 091cc03012833f1369efd7a5f0f3847c a70935ebc4c6dd1eb483b0e67e933632 68b251761075bd04aa6978542b9aa6fe 956c8058a79086e78a16d05c9f15a72b fcd4df9dee23e216f0c0d107edd5c41e d0a5bf03f15d15c3b7cab697b7e43488 3d41a7255055d51e76ede74f697680b6 b41513573dca083d39faf097d90b75af 65ecd3abb0fc48b30bc034e614a86466 ce3ad220e49696208516d4f97492fcd6 8b5bc681eaf5faf4176eabdefe5a7599 a4c649d2146da31ce00ab0e581eadcf2 33f75189477c85b53084fca7d8e43730 93bac7f942698179325e97ab35db149e 7210ed6b06c37d94f54a028c3dcb0b0d ea917b87260499d4fb3b36ae28bd1b5e 3a6791929a179459d772c74757dc7491 804132438e6ae5850a19a0b9eebc09a8 fe20496d6a402e4f039a2a37343846b7 1b2d531a6c4edf541b0a110b8605b2b3 acf67a9d5e29eeabbce739ec1d1d530d 5b8729d2ec21e637775c199ca462cd43 f306aaa37fc67162cf1147467ab048b2 9363ae148c4b266bf4cf22f0ca4527d0 06e06c5d83ae6b76a9aeb4be40d90932 687a5f793915053efec9dda9a3b8e50f a722529684afdd8ba94a862fa9e1c327 2fc36ff8e6677c6f5caf6179999fc454 5ecfdf8c1e6dca8d8ca24412b5f3eac2 4ff42b086be0b385 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,488 hex characters = 64 × 23 + 16, i.e. N = 23 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 18 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 23; the post has N = 23 ✓. 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.