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201404090820 22lruz

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
22lruz
Title
201404090820 → 2014-04-09 08:20 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 13:20:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 08:20 against posted 13:20 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
38 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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
20 · 3
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

60d5d155549fe68bd868ebc9501a7631 b488648ceaf73274d28a73980c5f0d03 8b233c76fe30a7aa57183505c8a2e833 bd7096d7b5d134cdc308230bec5e536e 80f33c14bbeb99fa6799bcec9144172c b960eb50477a3442132721c95e0fb015 7c9b2e9358fb5c6a24adba3aa5c084f7 142568c6852ed3da56860584b22581b3 bd1337e45b000f33e7600dab30adb9ed e97e3baf6a5db55be231dec3d45ae017 24b89e579c6cf4ce 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 38 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.