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201404091813 22nci7

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
22nci7
Title
201404091813 → 2014-04-09 18:13 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-09 23:14:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 18:13 against posted 23:14 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
47 · 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
4 · 4
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e19bb53b155a5387c9d9ec1a38cbfd0a dc389203567bcf97c9f04426075752ba 28b7e125616243ec48256e2ec72e1f50 3a59c95f39c1aca4757e13e8dc64f2a2 f14f8d514871d793e1428b72aba5a651 d50b92ababb2f99d05b2564091847499 5921cedec3ccee5c 

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 47 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.