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201404231029 23r7o1

inferred encrypted filler

N=42

Metadata

Post ID
23r7o1
Title
201404231029 → 2014-04-23 10:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-23 09:29:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 10:29 against posted 09:29 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
171 · 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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

31a4d64a25a730eb8c0107309734f3a7 78a364ac7140387612571b2de2bfb305 3eb3bc30b7a4e08307e80effe37c74ee aa704d0bb05fa7f6d36d05188f3e008e 231798fb0332ca8202fe32cfffd3794d 783903113cfac6fb95d46a4e146f6de3 bc7392cc297e69eb1e20bb6bf49488aa 384296288169f2e3eb0372d0f49a3d0d 19db6af862d2c0b63d4821ea4978f357 45caf4034111e012b392a11864b6af98 100d0eec159fabb17e9772bb2348a5ab 177ba1dcb3815865a6d4400a2dcb307c af4418f1f9ea0a0731ec415c2f9f42ba 66bec3df74ef6583739f87c9f8604d7c fdd3bfc15697a79b7301c1e150557eef 0521590218e5d33542113bbbbf910793 ff239b1c475b8aae0fec41876cd8e351 fb1130ac1f0a4c5415d01f46b39ca5f2 ee089efb25a13a7e8678bea73a8508e1 65da8877d7c7112e24b7cf0f679f0c5a 499681ff0ae48cc858b6936b06e71874 721b2e685e968650d0d4d5019c16011b b75a7154d6abfe85ea8404db6add9838 d303e2e8378c887b405f0a31a9653934 22b7a332c269a5bd4c285732257688b9 eb05030baa44f292d6fd1217e7f8bc0f 7979487efdd7040668f4c27a7bd40601 4f52a959246856e8a1fdb016b392b616 cb9b01044c122a91406a2c1aabc5ad20 ff056205058b11a737516e17b62b11eb 82eb1e55dd79fd18fafb7d16b8e8f31f ec62a2fc87709da219b3b534edff7137 87ddfa9ed0d0745a5256f0c4dae5ab9c d60e09ece2037f78211d924113419dd1 5050cddf97730040930f646b341f5c09 e8e3f3c4ae4e0c1c54f2f6947b56f9f6 167eb4f7c575e5df6e80119c6a739db9 1168d335c8aa421457ec3416b5b1d6ab 6d9c433816464aae89f65e4c2ed62940 efa77a22c8ff8e354b81146239cd4ced fe0481d9d92af16954b04b4f340cf960 67dca4837aca90e7753fd1d4aeea90d6 bcf329fa277966972e40be96165bd5c6 a2a5b4984adec92f7f9a6a858942032f 30657221d66b5fe0564b316fc6740827 93ffd6fec328bca9e844e297b8431e8d 28d6e76cb8346f2804c935d596782bd5 4c3790b6fb24cc087c03e97492ec4d2b 02f83c0eac47c528191125c1dd8f3c47 5d58bb1d645c000619c7d269130e4331 068f2907c211b694114ba6677c935bab a038be963154b15b6300ddbeda8ba698 829435ae099ebaf4325997195ed63888 3db489d7764e36a859109e4d1e1c1302 b3831eb05b2bf1468d95fdffa442717b e4d2390cb43dbded23f5cd2079b7e414 0b6eb81037c7355a7caf2428dc4d0d82 29dd318e2023a76007d9a74e65315bd5 e296e1e56ab7450a9edcd3dfb042106a 7bd4090befaa15fd1eca89300df9e5b1 a84687acaaa78c4a50764203c841c8b2 cc0156a970528fe09c112ce97d6d069e 7cf301aa571239f6c15393c64237fbcd d1182d48aca6cdeeb42121c4769ccc55 949a6dd46d281ebc13145556f5051bdb f39eba94768814b0a5d6dfd922056522 2d5e0cae7d7f7bd49e1bc4840c1703cf 991b3832ee24240c4a1f3351b9288e65 5133f0ebc0ed72ddb8bf69d25dcb9c6c 36ce8b1d95c1668731105073771cd31e 1f733f57efc48ab1ea3fd8553d107549 94965ee43b07fb9d83550373ffe422e6 41c04f18db4969f67cfac4eb386a88e8 618bc489d150da6c67c6e2965718f13e 8f23c9c4865831d3f374d88abb4375a3 1678735dcde699b81390593010c6df64 7c596fe828b9a14090f59336c3fa8982 3d95b405b50956e7528ae359f791db20 2d1f53bf3bb98b6a127dabd7cdfd96ad 75357987966488800d3dd9e7e66f8af4 88883087d74a503e63fde87e2102ef3c 5fc8eb5c708a02cb953226b66cc9c775 0e880a2a4b99f2cd708d7405a0741e39 2c8e3a8cebe936a5bbd928b345e808d3 e05f6928dd504b58 

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 171 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.