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201404090356 22le1c

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
22le1c
Title
201404090356 → 2014-04-09 03:56 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 08:56:01
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 03:56 against posted 08:56 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
34 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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)

887eb6a3c1e1cd5a4da37170035d8ed1 2e06258941bab65e75160e1af6274eaa d607ff786aaf89098570da3d6ff0b2b0 2749d7ea98b3aea29bb395109f4056b4 5adedd029739fbfd 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 34 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.