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201404180930 23ccji

inferred encrypted filler

N=42

Metadata

Post ID
23ccji
Title
201404180930 → 2014-04-18 09:30 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-18 08:30:01
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 09:30 against posted 08:30 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,704 hex characters · 1,352 bytes
N from length
42 (64·N + 16 = 2704)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
50 · predicted N = 42 ✓
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 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

cfa5362c0d84139937c6c95c9a0fb521 fd799f5f3ef0fc45d07fd86086f7a19d b36ca69dc2f3c94429221fc36505ea12 98a002e6fc42ae82dfa01e67e4c2d338 ee7522a4d801889fe68f4fbf216e91b9 59e188abd228a80ff32500f4251c0227 e1dc83441ae564415efe6bcb5c4a0d5d 2aaa650e851b00e929237b5dc566d929 c1bda2d9992f26076092bb26fc761d5f e1c489e2c9dbf4492c6ebbc982cc1ca4 960f6c05a66b7b39fe60c50ebdf1cdca 6d5950e14fad6acf1951d5afed037359 81c87745b0f36a2012dfb2db4a960bb9 8490bc105269e1e29d8bf0625d6e397f 18e8a1bcd6f64b75548158122f6e9d1b db414c68876bc8d0c501fa4077f5b7f7 e06c4a5f00627fab3c95774b00e1274b 66e826a378cab9b686b91c4f31c0dbf8 9d5d30c533e40740eb37cc37c02b8c10 7eae6d06e453ec2c6893ec1e93023033 89e60779fd1c585f318df6721b4a473c 694c9f2e7462833f13b6499d798d84bc d67c5f0a4e1606641e5fad8a77f3babd 055a2b4b791b6750fb71c8bce069d788 311d6a4acdf9717efb24e57d5fc0a9a7 292f98cd8834dfd76f1ac42c770163ea 0c5a402a14a4e0b7cdc1c68fa41ed92c dcd4e9d3cf4911f1a62a05faf94e79f1 1c5762b027ad9eba2f147d87908e14d9 a4da97fd6964b2201751e7b9265a17b3 a82ec753f1c3894a73e890df49cc6527 6832797a614a69ff7d1e96f6d329a0c0 4c3164f05d77e906d40f47f3cd611f9e 7c943d1dfa679a951eb4e052f5191b3c 47aca265800708e54e236716921b240a be4a50e0aa2e7e7f2c2a09a51615b46e ed93cfb0b352a749f926e48e1e8c938b 5eb3e642c0dbcb7ba1e60ae1a8e1763b c079fe8d2909d30a91fecb7a3c15d885 37d890d6b6ef01686c07fe8219f34c85 1bf32dcca8217acb5f6368cea1b96227 ee987a40076e50885ced00bd84b4da56 bd8c97e20f1bf5916b1923341f9f35f5 664c2fee37c8b87fbccc975fab3a51a1 6004f12f766d80cc30de5c2d5d73339c 13bceb69fd1199535752b8d49bc2b23b 0270fb27f9141cb4283644e71ea40f72 2bbb8f024ac7fb0da7a9dd19d7dcd920 297dd354061cfba988f2b8c34e43b1b9 657b4491bb5aa1a64da6c6824e146788 ff8380fe6693212225fa2309b2791aeb c4436398f854909bb5a2221d62ebcc7d 365905300c88479ded1808699299e193 3a051be2cec253bea357fac2b3c4eb79 f98d588b4da6e6a12b027a392dc1caa5 799220b7fac4ea55aff3b4a61463e4fb 4c646a16279235946c5c287df3c44e37 922ae2d116060ee06523a6b1d62f6bdc 598b4ab8c1288a3e618f06574f7db374 7b5ec989417aade9bd967e5814646d3b d57a41fc5ba2141bcaa2e932cbe218b8 ea5df363c25cc39d4bfb44ef2b3add22 d36bd4ba46e1d30944207c0a712536ef d6bdc05ff3cbd4784455c9bf9e42c28f c06bf31840094649b20ea4e76017dbd7 b69a163012d13433140b5d3ac72d31bc 3b2df7570e277b9e7f129f2c1186b109 1c191cc0a506fa036c6b49c2111c3ec1 6cb74e138c9e7c08f97db0484eea2160 a8180b97d0f59496e914ebd0e7af3615 8db3c162a6c140ea39959c1ae645cb1d 343df347a60fc72c4b0cb09ee2cba67b 3f85119847f347464ef9ba13efdd04ce aa81e1c06f66fafa365a194acade2f3f a6b0efa9cdc904881c94ab43c832646d e66c6bb3ce4d78342142d9b6bf82d72c 27f86c6fbee1be2eb399c6797b561f58 889374d2ae5502061449fb8e0165d8aa 8b162e0afc081a1aba27f3389d32eb6b 1362920726153749a7bb5b2b9895a2fd df6f0863e81b266b4f2f7a6deda1d32b 0b5cf1f35f101b9951856f6a333e710c 2bfc313b1e3c39244a2f0a9aeb1e7ee0 4e0c18097325e6a62c60b09bcc76a3d7 5b14a166b6d4a36c 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,704 hex characters = 64 × 42 + 16, i.e. N = 42 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 50 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 42; the post has N = 42 ✓. 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.