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201403190559 20ss9y

inferred encrypted filler

N=16

Metadata

Post ID
20ss9y
Title
201403190559 → 2014-03-19 05:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-19 09:59:55
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 05:59 against posted 09:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,040 hex characters · 520 bytes
N from length
16 (64·N + 16 = 1040)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
82 · predicted N = 16 ✓
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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

cd6a9aff1ee872eb9dd4accd00eb50e8 2b0b8a56634b688c2e101711b33e2dcc d8a16b455b41fd1f79f1d390fa6275de 89c5cae497e3f6d7643e39f58fbafe18 0c0947cfc5a45618f12eb43fbeab8af4 2a8b3d6744e228f8e7aee857ba64c80c 3e0050535fbd245f240426c367ba05a3 0d45c423ca34796f5fcce42954cab39a fce496ca0585ec14ecdc9500d9a58469 bc3318e3a9a49b2a56d43dbc550ba0d8 36c74cf6062dd5f81229fa63a98b6dfa 8191c7f8a349d6607f20ee2121286180 a669dc640862877ff6ab20afdb9ce9b3 43aa98bd412bb1572ca18bfc998d9b2f bae9f64bf8d497d1153794366a7088c7 1eaa022900adeb67f491f7e3ba9ed1c8 5138c9ee4de1b3b4ff8b84f5ee60e061 cd0903c7c7a4b6d372f75f49325a3da3 1b6c5d82e1b238329058774522d7c881 2c59a54ff0c1c277563e2a38d12abfea e575b5eb3b785d56f1235a7ce00d3a1a e35bfcffae60abcf1276ee457aacd5e3 2bd43ab7a53b47dd04ae41c753a22841 70f94fb5c23d95023d29720767b849d1 0565dc0fdd728c7e6af911776fd7395b 49e18eaa2395a3d536f225c85e39b164 47f7075de5f37a8a3b8f411b86fb94bf 2b43b2a4ce1b81ec300d398b0e5a5bdf 2c758bc8e4b674a6e95c22308bd31417 1313ffbd4b36c3f361e5e49a1ffb1d9c 50e7fc9e2bfcea04c3ed1b4cc51436d5 44e77c225f64f27b22b57a5dc007f0f6 bfe9f9746bf31307 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,040 hex characters = 64 × 16 + 16, i.e. N = 16 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 82 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 16; the post has N = 16 ✓. 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.