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201404081802 22k46o

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
22k46o
Title
201404081802 → 2014-04-08 18:02 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-08 23:02:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 18:02 against posted 23:02 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
25 · predicted N = 7 ✓
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)

698509c1bc1d615e084a0a28fe9341dc 2994cab799776a825c9bdf9bb2bbba06 e071d3f6937d7dcdb820acaa11decbe9 e6e9e7b146e5a238ba324f6f780ced49 bea7127e17fba35200fb418e5d077524 b68b4c166e8e6a6905380ca0741c6b2b b6b124da811c109e23798f399b934be3 708aa0de5dc45c739983852f545493b3 aec20282ec2bcaaa37e67f793f9195cf f326f11b6b7882f8821bf9784d8d21ac dcfffe6cafffadb69b1871089559c006 8f86b297513d1ba475d8f8ccf57f5e3c 18e5cc933da760ddbe0c31653a195681 a7b37e34866f7c3b76d17b8bc5bdadf7 06e9f71b4c89854b 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 25 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. 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.