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201404080238 22i0hc

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
22i0hc
Title
201404080238 → 2014-04-08 02:38 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 07:38:02
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 02:38 against posted 07:38 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
11 · predicted N = 10 ✓
Machine boot
F 2014-03-12 08:00–09:06 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c342c6859786fbf05a6f7c9f700245b2 10798bbb21b5baebbd5547f7a68b7532 20ff840505a75feb118a469e4c756ff3 006870b0032b29a44b234dcbd3548288 b798c097edfe98fb0861b395686587f2 ee169c93d55690b0a7cd3f5882d314a5 63634e38fd9aa8edf3c78a80b17eb614 865c4295f9ed00187c6ebfccd7cad145 1639e198ae243b190a275a8957486158 223d394940fc98885fb9ac45603d536b 587c4928a157b6a85778a559a770d6cd fe132fc80b66cccaf33e5c4e2b218a35 e3746c832c941a19950cb74d37a16245 2b5679f179ed94b1673988bc515c6240 d79f91f08105dd5e7f2fbdefb93cebe9 7324ffb8c90be57261627bdd6c676e85 b40e38f1e7865a6a5e3d3e0a8b2d704d d297cdb0745b56d4e6fae716bb70a935 2e7f652c591ea33cd2398f44b744a8f4 e154b237d660fef8f7239ea8b41f2f67 29a3e078b116872e 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 11 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot F 2014-03-12 08:00–09:06).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.