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201404082120 22kn64

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
22kn64
Title
201404082120 → 2014-04-08 21:20 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 02:20:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 21:20 against posted 02:20 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
28 · 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
4 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a3783ec98aaa5a8a91f7f64f7e13f5a5 d59f4d99a7b8b5d8b0c3305e57735ac9 ecb9581b23f37435839a8d7444edf1f0 efc7d8e0a8b7f4ea55b20bb2daf9079e 3d77344533ec7587efcfac9c5fa0c67a a930e5f57dadc3ab43ad1f6d2fab906f e0781f03b109ccd5 

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 28 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.