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201403271159 21ihoh

inferred encrypted filler

N=39

Metadata

Post ID
21ihoh
Title
201403271159 → 2014-03-27 11:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-03-27 15:59:46
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
2,512 hex characters · 1,256 bytes
N from length
39 (64·N + 16 = 2512)
Run
Run 60 (seed 19,858,187) (seed)
Draw
181 · predicted N = 39 ✓
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
7 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

71acb4657a0830943d5da2120c2f6352 693bb8f65a5804b8fba5d10ee6a0b637 d5d71e013bf768d7dcaa9bd500e2f032 31e7f3bf4982f56a3e1a93eb01c41744 4cf1b32c9b0a1f4911da98649f5856e7 9718efeb2a412a19721cd14ed0ab542a 27bb9c6fd1308f38a4c1e27c248a1e5f 985b8bfbd7ff287c91516e20f6dfde98 e597a5e051566a6a775cb99f349eb1b9 e097b0d2a1d259dcb86463a5484ed06f 38c6a839fb4c329576b944d66a0a1020 17b4c80def9509425b6a575cb0c657a3 6aca69a78b32c967a24f23eba6ec2dcf d22a1ced71b3470c0eafbf091eb91e9f 84bde1e1552394dba4b89b6a8a265ea0 78d73d3041458848122e5fe905659e9f 15c3fd5672e01c86460bbea48fa62239 dd4395e5bff10582d8f9bf74a42c9a22 c13795abb0734e3fadc751980d4c2585 30303e36b4600288601fe39096a0556c b995b68c75ca5282225c0773f888b875 3e0521f20fe4f9f8a2b58b68438e04d6 3d90457f95a7349d70ed7052c2281f4c 23e8935cd1b3b8d959889daa905dc304 7ac52df3d4018d500133366e47cb64e0 982074e25d1691399a5513e029d8a803 68ad67a12d773aeb3f4e341a6392790f 5e3af6e2d25ed33b9469272c3e5144b3 0b21253a0ca59c9392f9ab3309ff09c0 4983a0ec8df81ced23a975e44660cb8d d1626409d47f02f5d459de01efbedbd6 2279450924642ce00f1632b89f20f6b3 29adfda4d639d9ccd3aceeef941e778c 0d01d171a23dc06508c0af23ff95c1bc 063b62e3d085002c474648954712532c 758a4ac6221d6b1deff4c5edb3b7a3f2 b4d13bf77d3192f7263230c663d43bd6 cc6ad3f318eb740dfdf873cea6285076 45f39bebcdc7f394f72b026a0bddafe7 bc583f6ef125af5e49802fe8b68cb507 f0aab04924d52e1359a41c071aaad6b4 9e940611073a10776b3d2a8b8c5ab113 b5ecfb9cabce6d255c97241c6c033f44 b4627476633e96331187f6ac1deca4c3 f168c10e3dd9fbd4835dda746e2f1154 e052f466e261257fe6f4a3011e815215 f42545e224087fc24229e0d7984c77ce 159d914937866187c5b55ec682760e3a df66be4ad9e6e98a45e6e0149eb4cc76 604c611ec6b4f1ab68117215950a80f2 5fdade2527bcf7fe26ec3617018a04e7 50fd5ec11a0726a94722ce48598d0893 1271ace53d114f1e10ebd915bbb5e441 fe3c3f144e9916ab305bae11544fc916 b19a22a1f3e603a2f10d4cf0642bedec 463e1ad90cca5dbb2d69bb259f0b3e01 47ac09d7838ddf06ebe5a4da38b46a0a 819da0e6363b0c865a99eac8e6024f38 9c67b2f53ac5e7ffd7d74040c339fb8e bfd570ea65ded8bae0a595a27cb0604b 2d13f07e6fb36b1e5b44f1fbc1042491 b8af482ba4f89b735f9054b3742c1f82 67e43bff026ef21b1ca07445b501860d 32c8fb77b80e7b88393ef5883ae3410a 72015671daf73cdd692c10a0d218da81 7b0a06027342a01d0b66af8eeacff5b5 b1fd8e38f0aaa4e64e25766717f8744c 23e88c23f5d3ec73c750bc09aebe2077 2d15d4b259d58ce2c6a3470b1c3eeaf0 0935d53d222381000e6267aaa6795e40 4b91c3ea16a031cc37805fab2f869a3b 442a36f7217f5d3111cdac1b9383a81e 359227b21aee6299998dc6e0feb8ecc0 9ae33e665968c2e1cd78543b4912e902 3cbd754b9fa744920422dd3b48a5ea3a 656485291ddcc0faf391d372df360338 1e4d64bb1e533613da1e706cc919bf8c 7861f8b4813af91b50d87c5bbc94b7b4 6bb7f511ab976368 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,512 hex characters = 64 × 39 + 16, i.e. N = 39 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 181 of Run 60 (seed 19,858,187): new Random(19858187), Next(0,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 39; the post has N = 39 ✓. 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.