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201403150800 20h512

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
20h512
Title
201403150800 → 2014-03-15 08:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-15 12:00:00
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 08:00 against posted 12:00 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
35 · predicted N = 10 ✓
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)

288a34b07f088f9cb5cdf4bc52f4dd63 860e6c5a46a19f996946de6d879b72dc 8a864566afe93d359cdc569e9c01c466 30452e053639ee9e60101a42642efee4 019a41deee7bd263ff1b2de04873c7a4 a8c8347f7005c05c8661ff6e377e088e 9e60f6bfd0e2020fdde914fcbed76c9a 881cbfd6e57e8669c9e2ce8a2a3fdf7e 5f787bebcd37a49c04c4eaecb30c216e 63832f11e9b4255592e30e7b08d14f7f 5344ef0f204b658be1ada91a3d9fb97f b2153e1f210d2b99a31d6e2f5f2bb473 4e87689652b9f51a473a7d170ec2723a 442a230ad91b4b812ab6b48fd71469bc 77e1284ca6c3fba40d64626977d3424c db13a2d7de489420eb8688edc62a6056 ec2255fc212e42a91c3ad7d40d25baa4 fa718cb77ba1db321a8a2ab19937e09b 2e17b9dfb6460452229e30717db9c4b8 e1c2ad92f49870f7f906c109f73371ca b2d986569ac9ad6a 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 35 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. 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.