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201404082014 22kgx9

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
22kgx9
Title
201404082014 → 2014-04-08 20:14 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 01:14:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 20:14 against posted 01:14 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
27 · 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
6 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

342e2b3a67639982254fc3e9e27657d9 b6a0aa915465b6ac889ebb7706ed269e 5ae5f64074e6624b57481906c30b77f6 1de46f16ffc914a98135b8d155fbf91b 2e9c31ca531b09e7ff103bbc1c8a3c2f e3d262fe0dd59403afe8bba9f870dfb2 58b567066960b089d11e7ed007e8f88d 0c9d801ea531db52e59bf16c52cc81b3 1a3466298b15bd3572e829ba1016d936 31b50906f433979dc435d24390c1f070 8390cdc5a6477cf0d5e63cd8c4695933 baf6423404ee192a7db84b9e89289484 cfd91f803c5f94fe 

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 27 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.