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201404100513 22okz2

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
22okz2
Title
201404100513 → 2014-04-10 05:13 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-10 10:14:00
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 05:13 against posted 10:14 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968) (seed)
Draw
57 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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
23 · 7
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

41cd6e70ff2f1fb0a283135e2183bac6 eaca9a4ed44538a65988ee7ebe2f8cf8 9e8ab2dd527715ce78ea969628c0463b 0410946defc3ebcf0436ee0a49c61db3 f628355e0ed2f0f7fd19e4b9af527081 0c40661e89d85d720635acb26564cc51 89631c854545a5b3957c03df328cb15e 3c8bfa5572d23b522afad1edfb5ad28c 8905ee56b96e3d9fb5903c737c28e316 0562780b4710bd85b27b158c90d297d3 356260ac1c4cd1ab 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 57 of Run 61 (seed 2,007,067,968): new Random(2007067968), Next(0,20) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.