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201404091707 22n6c5

inferred encrypted filler

N=13

Metadata

Post ID
22n6c5
Title
201404091707 → 2014-04-09 17:07 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 22:08:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 17:07 against posted 22:08 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
848 hex characters · 424 bytes
N from length
13 (64·N + 16 = 848)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
46 · predicted N = 13 ✓
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
3 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

4aa37f666fc4b48b0820e465584e148f eb91303feb4a0899f9a99a0804981956 a670d3a1ade09bbecf355f5e39f811aa ee4f73a759b4f3158a332782bebc2bc4 6e48a9bee9e5aeae77da4563f32427ad da5bf490d6317b9f25247fd0630b40c6 bbfb60e07aa9a6b4e10a7c8f14c5e0f8 689651c5532cce69933bbe7155ed5af1 b0f7bec6d73664484e4079efbbe3cea8 f58991c502d286b29c62d3663fb2964a fc929578ec3593c4a139e6486129e3bb d9173163f0a2c07dbfccc6979672947f 326b107c6a374fe2d6ac0b6270fdb98f 1bad9ab5da27ef83570670842ed91e16 b3b639eea264b5575dab0dae5b5b2f6b 12d588fc4704b7e276006bf63e84698a 6fd48fe67a2f0151460385251c41a53d 112da1ec77e505d8b9e044d2eeef5c3e 7acd82b57e1103155e284dc3ed452402 6dbdbd681d3b7d0dc8b1bace3e836323 5909dff85db7dc5698a374dbb35e6f7a 7b318f477457d86f625ec75ac1be420e b0701f8b96c2ddcafbf9a96ed5d0c6c8 6db2d6093e2af8df6b6876adccbc81b5 130bd54ac1db359f597099975f0822e4 c8be03192722a0ec4b034b7383387cc6 89d0360352727708 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 848 hex characters = 64 × 13 + 16, i.e. N = 13 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 46 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 13; the post has N = 13 ✓. 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.