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201404080344 22i3hq

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
22i3hq
Title
201404080344 → 2014-04-08 03:44 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 08:44:02
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 03:44 against posted 08:44 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
528 hex characters · 264 bytes
N from length
8 (64·N + 16 = 528)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
12 · predicted N = 8 ✓
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
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c3f019dd5e7923b05fa7250978cca692 314b2e2a8b6e0f68a01da3eba7216795 a54d148e19fcb57a3712c025585f646d 82bedc01c8017947f5b7182ee2075542 e08990259a7237f144d4a425db629057 a22d8511893647d425d42d86e88d4d07 8053bd94b9057d85a1f71bbf7349616d f2b3c22d35c9dd32ddbf1df177a8f4ef 337e87ae383140b7559fce7096d72030 b53b6f497e90f902e3c44697705f9834 2674f61278f76c6b6667611a70e1731b 8b7b19686246d2bdca1547de777fddde 53c40ee2c6aff0269c4da9fecd96f710 0d8c28cd9bb31c78b9cc4b0d337518bf 7425ef3f0a9522f2438ac4757a44bd13 25c512bb55da60f20d3fea4882aa54f3 c3cdf864fab72de9 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 528 hex characters = 64 × 8 + 16, i.e. N = 8 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 12 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 8; the post has N = 8 ✓. 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.