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201404080556 22i9cp

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
22i9cp
Title
201404080556 → 2014-04-08 05:56 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 10:56:02
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 05:56 against posted 10:56 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
14 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
8 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

90dcc48d2090f36c9d893e4da79a293e a725dfb36442a55a0923c9670c2ac8eb 08d371a9075d286750c1bb47947971df 0b28911ce9e7344ddcdbf5c3674459ac e82d2b42fbc2628c0acf6df4d0a74b39 6a45d8d687b44b19940cb42d54d68a35 932a45fba157e735 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 14 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.