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201404091601 22mzsh

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
22mzsh
Title
201404091601 → 2014-04-09 16:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 21:02:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 16:01 against posted 21:02 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
45 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c0af1e7bca43bef6977dcf8ae10deaf4 121d1fc52c2f65836e8a252080070ac4 98f1e1f819cdcc9470025ece5edf67d8 b609a0c0773ab7e6ddd7c8aaae300cc4 6f02917087a4df18a7a41ee3f2b99410 aaf96ab8be5bceb7e481af0749f48723 3588ead0d107c94b 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 45 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.