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201404092237 22o0qw

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
22o0qw
Title
201404092237 → 2014-04-09 22:37 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-10 03:38:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 22:37 against posted 03:38 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
528 hex characters · 264 bytes
N from length
8 (64·N + 16 = 528)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
51 · predicted N = 8 ✓
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)

7330fc5a0edc80770393d2a6b7d48ea0 e4f6e12655bc8558438b12526c7c8d4d ca94a3b4c880a038b573f1d3be025661 9663e2994d57120b47b2c5675e2b93e5 82cba4d16a2331cf4fa32d03201b3131 c0d362b4f36d5bf0c3b268eeefaddf54 27e3285b535d1c75b5e422c7de9a09d1 786973d7697a7c4fb2d326de62e134db 440c69d2d423cc35fd31e734d2e97f66 03bb4e33b860ce80bf3ee1361b1c9ca9 5cb33eeb08db5575b6a591cfea0573b0 a5a0ae494a5b813892495d4fdb403e4b bc71dd5a5dc031f1b5b578dd0d58914a 783f37c7c63975e32ca284bc8eb6d6ef 7f80b4e2e104039d8d96838d691ad80f 516d86875e895f50a784683b667cf9bf 00e156c5314e00fe 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 528 hex characters = 64 × 8 + 16, i.e. N = 8 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 51 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 8; the post has N = 8 ✓. 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.