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201404091349 22mmpy

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
22mmpy
Title
201404091349 → 2014-04-09 13:49 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 18:50:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 13:49 against posted 18:50 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
43 · 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
27 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

72e25f534c8bbe3f1cf2a08fe53fe614 c6cab2b8638695ff442976d19c0393b3 1734adb54b4069e4aa0b8efd7147f387 48576b832c2cd2e9bba2e68637c4b206 db1b68a0d7a1e65a1c40237725fc81da a0686b100801a3d9b0459348bc3bcaa7 c7fbab2e4b4e55dcbf71c2398f4a21ab 61e0a89f68f966052025e92996ba93c0 8b06f4e925d830579f210129fe4a0a7a 976e02237528df60d41aa70a16769327 77073a5797dd3b6f 

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 43 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.