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201404080702 22ictk

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
22ictk
Title
201404080702 → 2014-04-08 07:02 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 12:02:02
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 07:02 against posted 12:02 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
15 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

27943166b9409bf55b0beafd58cd339c 860e485a2cea7a928b0e5ff19075b3cd b7977581c590fe407cfe50b4f9de28e4 3d2b60e86047b017394d7b0b8e440a50 63edf54c7e26dd3f01329b2a9b5fc24b 532908dde64588b8304658f23baad7b8 d0dd0f1432c182c9c9081180065f9cc1 b3543f467be1e16c0882b29b0287db55 f9daa0ba38ed8d0a1ecb7ac2bf49c5bb 43a6d1468bdaf3e1300dc78c7bb93cd4 1a4f4cf1e9b44c33f092a066268a5235 9c6a0eb2798ae94574a794c52d9aef5b 6dfe512a0d7d4f5d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 15 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.