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201404100155 22od9b

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
22od9b
Title
201404100155 → 2014-04-10 01:55 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-10 06:55:59
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 01:55 against posted 06:55 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
54 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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
9 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

56c18116f1d61effc0e412ed0b8abafe 6b2966c9a26ae4d89d70a43f1d11a0ef 70e06de30c743001e4ef1fef9ed98a01 b1b44785e803c895014b9d802a2b874f 5aed30fe21201911 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 54 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.