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201403260359 21edag

inferred encrypted filler

N=27

Metadata

Post ID
21edag
Title
201403260359 → 2014-03-26 03:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-26 07:59:48
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 03:59 against posted 07:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,744 hex characters · 872 bytes
N from length
27 (64·N + 16 = 1744)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
165 · predicted N = 27 ✓
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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

975feecaf85481302d8c4b77f21259bf f2c2fb814c98f848a652a1a49366e8cb 09fd7cd6fab89162d810eea15ac4e02d b75fb2db74247ab235e0f050e164f946 c0bbb02ea86a3bfc38c41185bc4c8526 5f1f4a071a160c797c812452b3878e00 b2fedd12c9a1947d8274c589f39fbb09 a5f39b42098371e0a67f857be192551c 5c05de307d5cd640e3c1246b1c2cd661 a58ad21a2d8b8cfdda4c652494906983 a069c847e1c367ddeeee5dcf81ba87b3 19669f866c7df2df0e5f896ed62a4453 55e9919e57ad80a2cf3a275bcff6f702 7ee437729073d6e5f95e24dd285c398f 9e1943056778125653e134eee3118ba6 72f46daa88646c16fb0b3566b768c296 8cd4ab6440fd5ac5c59043a344780c8d b5bd2902e75530bd4b1d2f38a86c3115 97b36e552542d68264face333a16f450 88e10d9d11d91601b9bfa6437adfb5d6 fe02143e042ad3c7271959ba5dedb300 c00403e02e8033ced7e87b804d133619 0133e9e5443a019a41df117c03cd89ce 1122fc4994e81b70dc5c160610032a9e d58de1edc2c3a787c0384ccec1b1c411 2b756a5c027e3122a5f5b409d27269a9 57d2f1e556dc420aba6f412d18395de6 29bccd9537b07368d8aee716c5bac7bc 3f14b2f7f210e425e44a624521727af4 b15390f86d25628f65d3f307ee392d63 d4d2621ff42311883b9741b239fe3703 4ec3d0a5955988cfe32a6f000c71ce75 f5a6f4a686cbd26d0b6aa113dc2e5b2f 9bdb25f4dcf78bbbb1e60f15b9051d24 96a50f4507b369d200666a0304079114 44240c50d7763af807351c9146cbcbc3 9ab11e2e18724330546ff5a0d8812787 e3ee3453c79c26e4c481feb70ba14c2b 2ce059c0eab105da43da19acb8aa2c32 47c1c7b13463b6d706d412eaf25b250a 8078bc84f3d5580c55ab4c2f8c98458b fae13e8fd2bde2d081adccdd9f1fbc5b bdf29f812511757462ac289302cedd55 064e18d7acaa4d037e76f6a258e03b69 82793756f524d303481b434bdc278e45 51027544cab5d405c2e0b61fd3a818a7 ee12591664f680e17e925c82a030fb2e 0e878988827d0487922cc1d4bf92f24d 353434a15bfeaa1589f5026c53813205 f2ca676fe082d6abe6cf9cfead543aea 31329c5c067b05a1e98373d2a69dba64 df6a5a3b1c5d8f02e2ebc67957e3aea1 74281dbefdef2c054e349a2a6786ef00 dff254e1023cd12ae7b8b76d1f3e1c8b 255ecd0101d5d2c1 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,744 hex characters = 64 × 27 + 16, i.e. N = 27 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 165 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 27; the post has N = 27 ✓. 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.