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201403191159 20tj3y

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
20tj3y
Title
201403191159 → 2014-03-19 11:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-19 15:59:55
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 11:59 against posted 15:59 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
85 · 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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c7e620bb3510752010783d9333593437 71441c2647e03d250872bddd133b7eb4 e8027f35c3b14ce99e16a629282f8149 9a25042dd65df3f2d8653f56e705aa1d c37a20b651068163fe57a9f33b695880 44444f2f40e36db081450f8df1043cb4 f760f3fd4eb9ecbb6b71805fec2f3424 e314cb5c98f50189d59d5382c029b306 b55968a9c3de39678cec29973686b626 c347af1e38cbdeb46a8a0cbe8b178dbb 9d64fc074e158346e2a655a680673d44 f4b5f330d8f27a3379a70ad810d96d9b 605aff6e9727caed1a46dfa8b58f92d2 e6070e4032c369aec9764863dbade369 3e2c31d06985ee761316cf41b6d827e8 89fb480357d72cc464613c2c4015f8ca ad9fb2f3f05a49b39ad1cc800766c29b 3b55d5635bcfb54eaab1ede6b7578eb4 e117ddc18af03738 

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 85 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.