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201403140200 20du4a

inferred encrypted filler

N=40

Metadata

Post ID
20du4a
Title
201403140200 → 2014-03-14 02:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-14 06:00:02
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 02:00 against posted 06:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,576 hex characters · 1,288 bytes
N from length
40 (64·N + 16 = 2576)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
20 · predicted N = 40 ✓
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)

b544799450095835086dbc3f6a8bb24f 48512540125f3d77700c136255148f21 2d1ad195ff12647e036d986490291c0d 7c6ab02a8b9aa70938f204d2e79656a1 a5aaf54266d3f61f04333ba8837ae43a 11aa3b99696839123d70ea88f914101f d4057198b2f990c7818f7f15ccbf9d78 ca8c23ba1735cb277b34fe8c48578767 6d5015ab053010cd624e59210d6c53f1 2f16c94130fed6fc45275cfee4ea91a2 f7ed819a1e0b081d12b91a8c862c442c fe35aabc7180b3d78212d205c3ed2755 4236a27386a3c8f8b0f25788fb07f986 979dda16b6e75a5cb5a91f38037dec64 f3cbe0b4aa1e1f488b57adbb52644101 e0b4919d1bd042015aee80e3315c35c4 a8e631f1799506857121136a65483167 48974b573ca12eeda712c42db7e26bb6 fb7c227c19ca21bc383260e18815c02a 7a6c1a61e99fa540069d2da61830ac41 10f3846cd31e74845c8d6014923021d7 bf441588715737f437445c3fa4515993 46a86e8bac709684b16dd8841a0aafab c33ae5135402c3d88463bfc69c69b5a1 2892bb5eedeb9e019696efb4ace40e20 9ac6633ffe1fbd6ad82a355c2c0683da bfdac6ec7d6d2fec587c0d73ab28d33c fd8ef936e7299ebbca1d0e03fb4c0818 cc9d341648c32e5158753de225355c24 f4fd4aeb5e6cdae9962d63c918afd104 f8f3ef61b8c94dc2060cb4d36f1ae755 518173747a9d94d7913a1613462ba5b9 f8bc3f7e4fc7c98ede06cbd95c5b893f 1683bc54791af5171a10f9da579bef8d b4a46af1204721da98394e585c003d93 98eb25a40dc8df1fa2c2aa09d08cf911 ae8ede0fdb71d372c1d83842ebb6fe80 5b2d660c564ff0b9ffb98049f4ced532 90b73abe1447a7554e5f034d363d2ed2 7eb46605c05567f3579ac293c327c662 8198a3b9c149c89aad0f5716779626db 5d7c1b0800c394d84908bb3ccfe2a71c 186c60e4e8eab42cb7fd0ef43aa790bf 4fa6a3a55b70540c6f1ecd6a1e5cd539 dfd8bb67939fa4964a2b908b696b58f4 a778caebdf4926c4d38e742ca0aa2450 80d3b3499d7a346caa18a590a91f701a 6f433a9debb4a8c346c200211178f750 01074dce6811712986caa264a4cbfc53 f30e1c6bfdb108e7bf534438bdc01ae0 d8e57642508d2f7333ab9cc344fc4239 035633867ff8f9aa6506a3fe845057ad 3d302b8df3554bf321e8aea9a0326dab 62773f072d5c5e2d0fdd1c4826583bf5 0893c219780d4972f99a199e447048ad 6f9e599cc7d2cd65821d53f77231cade 1fffe15d6ce52c0e242120075eab2a02 dbc7a8edc9493734493a21be49ce3295 3103ff6d337b820902d84505dade1a67 ba8b58641f253e5f14bdec16531ca9b6 e29982faef7d1b9917309d210d65ad6f c7137a4b62d01117aaf005ebabca93cf fdb029493cf892797d8fd55d4b9b673e 96fac1c73ef9e76075e6572f0365c7ee 023bd5637f7634de67ea36010d432524 2aa8d04c63cc867327817f4a0b228799 17f0f3fc5aeae23c3fda6af4d9d34d3a 63ec9c2d19b639c0a35a2e58e9c0a7ae bb95025e97b3cedb823b6b10634bbecf 4801a117a0886b921b4fbec21c653ae9 ec75df563b96efa678db756d2ae8f045 697b77bb2186c90a58cadcce262988c6 90f3cd6cfdf53a0fe12523a6d25f1830 1e0df1fc0cc8fd8a32263a87f31bc116 4ae69c604b56fc690aba267b06660afa d9ed3bdc9f3ff0d3584d188cf6257d8c b33c9d017e88bfb06d83131b88fc1250 8b990cad74bb15ad8f73984e27083d8a 19c693ee7f1abca78067fcaf5e5023df 42a245bc23ca57b774a3c3e933734af6 40c9e9c2153ecd3e 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,576 hex characters = 64 × 40 + 16, i.e. N = 40 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 20 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 40; the post has N = 40 ✓. 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.