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201404090144 22l7ft

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
22l7ft
Title
201404090144 → 2014-04-09 01:44 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 06:44:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 01:44 against posted 06:44 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
32 · predicted N = 10 ✓
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 · 3
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

5f1b78b96d916222e71e06f73caccdf3 fdf5d149c762efcf9e66dd28c9492141 4ab499d6c824a2ba43f4ec629f02bf28 d0a155bf3d2131c2e83ecde7c5199e66 ab25be5b9afa4341a5c1f67c346772cc da5737620390ba56244b66ba26e78d2a d26ce5d2619d12bf31b6889b4e0c56e4 d103cb83deb415bef32069ce4edbdf4e 4609caf0d6f96605354fe762b82849b0 a36e40ef2f675e0bcd5a95c753271942 103a893d17d869daf8b7b8bd90173491 0383ada98c7a0a6e9fb0fea19866b396 c7c94a73dee27d5b88fe3b2067f99317 343ef9c5257ecdf5fc2aabbb4d689234 ddf79af17de429d0e27ac5c5031c7e9d b4440b41ed994574490d16c123a9c379 0cc6e3cc00bbcc6e5756bfba569d0116 7b8f6c92a3bb2e792624f8e912c93cc1 07616a994b0290bad71465c0a3f5f5fe de703faaea6e6511d9f730282b799e67 d804376ce3b50279 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 32 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. 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.