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201404220029 23msv2

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
23msv2
Title
201404220029 → 2014-04-22 00:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-21 23:29:56
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 00:29 against posted 23:29 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 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
137 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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)

51f090e977a03f0e09593c2f9386c7d5 6186a2ba9be04cc5f0b22007a2d7503e 3a00dcb2cc375c28f8becc634dd7d30b 6f36ff302089ed12605b1d4338778b38 3fdeb94b4fb13a8d 

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 137 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) 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 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.