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201403231159 215k6z

inferred encrypted filler

N=12

Metadata

Post ID
215k6z
Title
201403231159 → 2014-03-23 11:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-23 15:59:50
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
784 hex characters · 392 bytes
N from length
12 (64·N + 16 = 784)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
133 · predicted N = 12 ✓
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 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

848bbd9a488479ebd553d5df4670251b af0f9dac3f0337cef9711d10d1b07312 a899b4c81456103b309fe2da9257b46a b9e534834b1c576e1bd575c18293ea78 f62f9c444097d7fb1da7000ce9c7ebd0 bba77dfb956b671de36de1517035de11 3190549cd2d1ce467f3e1e5b400b148c 0f7a99526271292ffd63119a80edeaab 3b48b6e18eecea16711d88022f074c89 b340f48bb1bdd95b23a86e397eee664d cdb30cd0e9a4943905e7c317d7395238 4d37d0059bd10c7e686f3b5bee0a0f1b d7760f81b75278ee3e228efa82c7e68a 07018e9a395c771461418caf7a4250ff ec31edfdd123a12705f87a572a1db2b4 dc1e3dbe49bccb6c7ee03ebe0a8aaa45 2887ad42847dca1685525b52536821a5 24b5996d5b818191c8977bab8e194ce8 15ac0a01275ff5976a2e6f38547848e1 c4b2c970a1a9e3c2bfdfe78ac5232c46 2d2432c3e9b9699966edc1a7cb710612 ed2bf7d868371f5edf1007e128999bf6 d98702fa790f195942a64597d2a08147 0ffbc122790f05d28e5934ab49f37b36 5dc39ee348195d43 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 784 hex characters = 64 × 12 + 16, i.e. N = 12 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 133 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 12; the post has N = 12 ✓. 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.