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201404081550 22jqw9

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
22jqw9
Title
201404081550 → 2014-04-08 15:50 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 20:50:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 15:50 against posted 20:50 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
23 · 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
2 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

6bd5fe979f1dbf36e4391f9216f8d462 85305e6dff528d0309e9c9e941bbca12 b821114ae4416448b2e67cfb1b834799 30bb6d671c5281e51f1bea2894c37ff4 5e26927513160c0da430df35066340cc 1297acf5ebcd3875dd28edfe30c562e0 4aaed3c50db17d83 

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 23 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.