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201404092025 22noq9

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
22noq9
Title
201404092025 → 2014-04-09 20:25 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-10 01:26:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 20:25 against posted 01:26 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
49 · predicted N = 4 ✓
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
5 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e93a729966db51d1a949afc709355cc4 a910e9e3bb34afe3438f75b65463a0fc ebfd439300812e2a6dd28df933d151c9 a21d8585c67ebfcb53fbe9baec18962e 97f0d1e72c1b0fd3ce5552a0e7e3237e 15742c25d29cd82bd39703c7766ecbde 3f40e3bfa23acdb505368617a3fa02c4 3bd6b106b13ae1dcb461f9eb7c50770d 33b654c1e93b3219 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 272 hex characters = 64 × 4 + 16, i.e. N = 4 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 49 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 4; the post has N = 4 ✓. 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.