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201403221159 212ygk

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
212ygk
Title
201403221159 → 2014-03-22 11:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-22 15:59:51
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
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
121 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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)

66787ea37fbf1d5d1caad0ebd4ec7bbc eef8ff335dcf1579c6e8895f1806ce1e e5d84d1d23c7dbd188e62e787f2ab27c 240608c5edcd7aeee4b4fae90bb75aac c609b64341245a23a2b33a446c8aa564 ebe83f0bcca6c3e6bbfcf6c3241f56b3 c33ec8039a485b6b 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 121 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.