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201404180230 23bkf9

inferred encrypted filler

N=34

Metadata

Post ID
23bkf9
Title
201404180230 → 2014-04-18 02:30 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-18 01:30:01
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 02:30 against posted 01:30 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,192 hex characters · 1,096 bytes
N from length
34 (64·N + 16 = 2192)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
43 · predicted N = 34 ✓
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
1 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

42deeac823d8fed49489b5215cc37a63 c26bcca43262e6d2afd6de5d02c2ac17 0c0333fe39806f668d2e4e40710c75a3 a51c6fcd0efe05af444bcd8fc7582b43 9700ac91b51c1aa3c7626f93fe19f03c 5fcbbb0af2a00dfb9d4ad26597c6043d f21d8d51080f326007b221bb518bb954 801ea85d90892e5124d770e50910f6c0 deba30de3acd790e6ef0d8c711828f51 c1361a17d8f8b0c2ccfef0033c34044d 29cbb0a9b386465f8e306eaa5658e0e7 86884a91e0362f03019f7889573ea443 53094dc1467f4e96ad7d918cc27963cb 2cbfc3e0d4f9cac570c0e0546eb9258a 6e783ae0ec67df429cb29b12cd9b0f00 bdcc21e3738bc7de08aa1780bf95b8e3 a6cb20b260b9e9326c424af07515d854 bab082215eeebf9c13a738c9b053549d 63e806ecb5982e98b12751cf8e1307e7 4d25fa091e86c8baa62bb973f07cd1b9 77b16377b83a41b42cf661666e787036 a1caf7bc7ae821a170dd124790dd6c77 dbe2e733649d75af4cf89ddb8b2877db 467a3a923eacd1785bfe66a6452ec18f 827861217efa4c52388b5d9c112488aa 6eb0b10d1536e2e0976a9cabc0f0a52b 63d4e7cb371535add89dd47532fc9ba4 817ff32f6b3247f988775d3774ba4c77 9ba26fec505f3b5572d0aca6a367ca36 c2dfc3e8dea36460ca46d57849f5145c 419fc0e1b549f4eb8dff76438049ff34 9482b21466189919a108598fa38aecd0 3cd8f60170d3f13bb8428f349177c1fb b3d9b645d01a469897d372d2a1f2a3bd e8fb7fa44618110a7cfd5494a125d997 4f1c50c7768d86ecbeb979292fcf30c8 14b9443a1799775b0d7a243fecbf287c d3bdb22f5d935184924bbb3a924b00d0 b1bbfb161460d4149f05a86002b2bb05 9f8ca91a2a1121d8e3193eaf1895bacc 279626b014b5439776931bc17474e5ed 5f0eab0a4be24d1ae212e8d33c8ffb4a 31dcd228d2aca9373d028aa2a4f2c221 dfa2bef163cb87de0d07d084a50f076c 2e6806c6864b6bf5c62fc501077becaf 3c378055ef8cdad4ea9bcf63916897cd 664cc38d5aca12218e29307d22bf554c f64405b82d2014befd6ce82a3317be8c b6a001ffdaf95e1fc0521b8d6295f04d 6277ebf2d4234e7b1a3c0d2a19fdf1f3 97336b0e9bcfe0fee9641b0709ccca0c 8a2c1bf67a215ff57eff2299286f9358 883db77373980d17a15f7e64d2b6fff5 cd939a5b7f98062f236a523f3309468c e992f2bf017e1b2b714efb5bdc4fc24a 11420c8d869b39a8dd405c734e70ddbc bf03e0b996bde4884dfaa276c1e36526 4d20a9449fe0484b8306fac5bf51b2b8 443c7081fae9123f0c5391eb676132e7 9c8e9525a3b82d55a2663349a50b4edc 9200859760a35637e8b011d3fd551119 0ce43aabc55273c9fc7bd36fa7b24400 4b45b7d4a800d309a46260ce07d80a26 ff9ac3a2e47ff37ba3a2b2edc7558304 45d9d13f76a91e74a5a724d81630ec69 271ad2ec12200758762581d2d970c287 8565d68d50af2ff611f3adb4312d794a fefe6088f8b7f84eaa48af698965d623 609bf2f665b90c1d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,192 hex characters = 64 × 34 + 16, i.e. N = 34 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 43 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 34; the post has N = 34 ✓. 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.