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201403232159 217374

inferred encrypted filler

N=28

Metadata

Post ID
217374
Title
201403232159 → 2014-03-23 21:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-24 01:59:52
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 21:59 against posted 01:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,808 hex characters · 904 bytes
N from length
28 (64·N + 16 = 1808)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
138 · predicted N = 28 ✓
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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

63f54216714cc32b1c655b1fe789d8b7 ef9c9b48f73da2fbd35fd6617b1b768b 84651134627ce437a5b61a1e0a7de05a cb48e77a10803a47612db4004ba76633 4fa15dde279c7f9f8a2d097db8b59624 3dcf44ef30d250073460d9774877b5c6 27155eeeacb30c81f4edaf2ff5730533 d343fe566729deb8ba175fa6bf0a4083 24f194c4d16c9220e06bd7a7f2fca0f8 56776afcc8533ff53a949e5ff4460f64 eacc80be9fe219c9e670351e3b151b6b 2abc4a844dbdec363a1dbf653abc66bc 524b59b336dd19b13b87661b53603c0a 471f89efecbbd6a6c9a33063f0e70d4b fa77ba1b2e821157585d4f5440a93729 6869076453134f18f8a0837e74a0ffb1 9b6d8f17fe56d821707d1314b6fbe9ef 067546f9caf034ca15affb0c9b1f48b8 4a8b3ab35a3d414278a1b325e34cc69f def68d2e11d7d45b3e986319bbdea91a 9fa5c22ea46390ed86a084bb374f78fd 69fd9dcb986df7bcee314ddb673190c3 4c8d2460d4136177f1947d81e419338c 74301cdd15a268c5be8c5dbffe16cca2 4d800f553a8ecbd2716535ac0808c48b ab18b9436eb9b9f074bfecccb994a9f5 fa708aa2f38be8bf520496e8cb979007 8420756ddcc7d303979f6f76228860b2 f97d3b20c296963427f203ebe605ac16 a5713a96c1d93c9ee145a19fdedc20b7 2e9f5c9e022f6826b13edd8cd53016f0 adeca98276403cc0a4b2edd7e8eb6333 c0e764276c083358bb2ab062c66fccb0 b3b6a86c81f567e637343e4d937c7351 c0667224764e8761e3ac37d75c92d7a9 6197b374e3212146c47937e7a7303b4a 71df776be2020a258b19e07b9ab599b2 c517bbab250f9fb4673292d816b1ae65 2649faa426af38886f9b8f4f0ab8a785 8972e8f22d536cbca0b208ee36d8efda 894ee47cf78d5aae4f27e36d87cda9b7 defd3b649263c24cf3f4cc02d1ff1bc8 4c0268888bf802cea8fcf3dc64494cce 30b4cfea9bb01949e6307dfabf32cb72 3725d13f895c2948e3d72eaf12e22501 2f6f131fcd8d1900b94637ab887a6ce7 d1efa8252861255cb71b018e46f9d9ab 48cda4affbede9417706f5c238e9fdee 9bb842d2a9808487a140347ba2566602 677626fa6259a2fc7fe6064d20f9983f c313c893c97e41bc8168ac6227e904aa 9a351fe000eda926eadb3346ff76d918 df547bf1ef1dff360c72e31e6f2e71dc aa286934e81099d3a9856d22cb727422 25ed9ad1a290d2ade06edc8474a6e697 eeaf831c25417352c3394de43cfc1679 8410f752be2f31b2 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,808 hex characters = 64 × 28 + 16, i.e. N = 28 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 138 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 28; the post has N = 28 ✓. 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.