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201404161330 236cf1

inferred encrypted filler

N=38

Metadata

Post ID
236cf1
Title
201404161330 → 2014-04-16 13:30 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-16 12:30:03
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 13:30 against posted 12:30 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,448 hex characters · 1,224 bytes
N from length
38 (64·N + 16 = 2448)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
6 · predicted N = 38 ✓
Machine boot
2014-04-10 09:27–10:27 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

2165d116113a740d25ba91d581f952a7 e75a62d9ed541652fdcdb289686ac22e 98244066de244378b2515e563f3a9e04 162be579a2b7793b9d664da7e94b1ce0 38f263defb0f569ee0f1d048d3b5d9e6 c5125537899ab4c1fa61d6c024be3c5e 823d8dc4f41e83a368e8df23c541a5fa 078dd246e50ae964473e2fe760eaf447 519bf1f2b6ddf7f18800b08ddeccb441 25fd0d1e352f520dcb4a684dddf0ec6d a523aa46748bfd12c46fb46be6d82ba4 dc0d91c7dbc9e7bc8b799021801baf58 c4d398be9e26d8d77d3d720ec79a54c7 c1d73173a872bbf5234137e2057ace7a 805de1395bf4623200cbf2e236d7898b 9e754c056bbfc8a3a70b94a56995efe6 427655de345fb0ff6d5b868c71582f98 c5f23ecc836f1485404d108ed1c0e50b eabd8538c19d70de072c8564c9503068 5aa06b245ef2c776a5467e26a8556651 deeaa54315d044cb98c0cc58074e973d f68d247f578c5e5b152885aaafa8ad0a d7d28b0c7066ae2a6a0b2ac9fecdc5e5 b3d9b829aa049e5e674c327a26b85ca6 2137c494d5f0a6e5589aa3e6aa850216 f49ef0661933f1099c19eec7dd732b4b 88a6531eb637e140769e144768d957e3 4b0e1c58541135876c2f9f2284295fe5 b79b229e3ddd93931a149adba2bad9c2 792acae97a587b1d41b6ad4d8efa46cd 2251dc90e249fb3509ed769dd3b14935 5d986f0911d7d77d3afce5d1126fd4ec 08b24f2123e427f9bf08e02d341b3241 675b8c65d7575e3a968711c0a94d27de fc7c559a57ecf62cdf09cce8c3b957f7 716979c26b14c1e041983374fa240bb1 b5df7cdae021829e3c0f8e52b6c715ea d6aa17d53e28958a2f34f787c28e6a14 7dd35e78c3e1048bb01171555f33c63f d3d2758ad83798c0ff8828279e1bfaa7 4153e734fcf7a052ac0f3b6694b53656 4ffb074398a777d78ff6d46b2d7117cc bdd0a2f11c03756f794e99fec3bdee80 40be1814aaac480b4cb79e1c185a0cb6 924638c604008c861cac8abd3556cbe4 fd73ffb74da890017df626aff95cc711 4a7750a9eb1516a2d47970569c95f999 80a5d945588c3eb90ed86a327c8117e2 9b82381bbe5930772e61f0ac9d41dfd0 0d815d65ea0a5d45469e3242b332da70 8f43c89efb59cc9641dbb0c3e3e7a8d6 7c185166557b74eb819711eefb98ce46 d33bd39f0cad384d254f7989570a7a62 26257fecd8c16090787d51011ca045b3 b74848b48d3cc743156e1f072dee9570 97684abdbe66909ab85e2984c6336fae 13756be553df2623959f21f3a597dfbb dbec237a38baf1095f3961adc86bbff7 cd03627c61d72d997d8ffcd790f0eed9 8da946fa945caacc80d93597ae1bf97f a5068ba5bc8db997839b61ad516a18fa 1eb944842aa92c5069c0378a2c7b0738 026cc4d863bc3a67a7ffdc47021f7f12 9170c7c013818bfe74dc5b79d95f6b99 d2dc424425d6969e72fe2f04785d2121 b3219190118a23b8aba2149897bbc95c a033eddc01179275b600fbc881a49850 fdeed3e8b024be88607d2020e71396aa 0c32c0b525683666791b5d909f995ff0 985fd0767ae74b931eadd4a1d593958d 4ffbddb8f86c4f334e50b40fb8f713ca 0c7b8f054601f6c8e7502add816c9683 94d5c984e8c667da7df177e78fecd08d a8a465a820846e93b07f0030dc62ef00 dc87caedb7326c98541f211457036e92 2ac3e8581bec998c66d3751757ded390 3a1d5d077e64e2aa 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,448 hex characters = 64 × 38 + 16, i.e. N = 38 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 6 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 38; the post has N = 38 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-04-10 09:27–10:27).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.