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201403230559 2151cj

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
2151cj
Title
201403230559 → 2014-03-23 05:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-23 09:59:51
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
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
130 · 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
5 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e34c32cf0a0e4db92eddcf073c1144ba a83f415db0d155a9e962b33eeb0db1fe cc43d02bcfced4fdc5b56ed057ccada0 3dc4ae6b9c4634fc4fb9a31a03e74d32 880a901383c05f454f0526426fc4ac64 1b2c6c6109e4f09fac5f589cd3631596 75d0ded6a8fb271dc0160d4d838677ec 09e6c45ff28ee160ff02acb227c93fca a1a4865051cfe5aab4f9a14832803378 457fed0fa03ed1eb8b8c1c6f1bda0666 53b54469233801c937885aec848c0995 d6fd7b438ee935dea27c5d074ec33624 421355249b37bad3175ef50b8d022a97 85ea454d8684c716de5ed9abcb80ae9b 6886bd2ce0cefc7bbd8e30cc893cff5e 344eee1e8f2e380e811459285a9b7fa6 be06aaa56a0af743b42f35ad65eb0bc3 4644a39523952d09c28e0eec88d0d092 2fec86ef7feb1e25 

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 130 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.