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201404091455 22mt4n

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
22mt4n
Title
201404091455 → 2014-04-09 14:55 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 19:56:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 14:55 against posted 19:56 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
44 · 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
1 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

8c452384a12a4fe7ee1a8f76d8921814 bb079127f4ff0c6fc59cedc8a7837619 9195e0bc4a55882c4510f099eb28cf99 7c7380eee2dc970befe49106e0355873 2af1205dffe13f0d 

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 44 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.