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201404082226 22kt3z

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
22kt3z
Title
201404082226 → 2014-04-08 22:26 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 03:26:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 22:26 against posted 03:26 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
29 · 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
7 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a47b083ddfd3f6152bab13a3a84ea757 6e5df7f1fa94d08c91f5c13f2a703ab2 2d98657e98048584506c58f218d1e4fc 81612cd64f56a06f181e73aab33eac56 597bda3c96d3a83b9663c176538877b9 44d9508cc75540ce9a45b6972440b2cb cf74727657c72774ba7174f56f8bc7fd ce136543a381c204c5e5baf87f155e62 36928d55486cac96c882ec5cd51b1c4d 78c58fc5f8f0180c1ea044b222e73497 e3be039f36e9b330400df7a8420c2451 851584127ad3ca5d7ce9b93175232093 56f9ab0e2c3f900c 

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 29 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.